Features from dates
Another feature engineering task to perform is month and year extraction. Perform this task on the date
column of the ufo
dataset.
This exercise is part of the course
Preprocessing for Machine Learning in Python
Exercise instructions
- Print out the
.head()
of thedate
column. - Retrieve the month attribute of the
date
column. - Retrieve the year attribute of the
date
column. - Take a look at the
.head()
of thedate
,month
, andyear
columns.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Look at the first 5 rows of the date column
print(____)
# Extract the month from the date column
ufo["month"] = ufo["date"].____
# Extract the year from the date column
ufo["year"] = ufo["date"].____
# Take a look at the head of all three columns
print(____)