def normalize(self): """ Convert times to midnight. The time component of the date-time is converted to midnight i.e. 00:00:00. This is useful in cases, when the time does not matter. Length is unaltered. The timezones are unaffected. This method is available on Series with datetime values under the ``.dt`` accessor, and directly on Datetime Array/Index. Returns ------- DatetimeArray, DatetimeIndex or Series The same type as the original data. Series will have the same name and index. DatetimeIndex will have the same name. See Also -------- floor : Floor the datetimes to the specified freq. ceil : Ceil the datetimes to the specified freq. round : Round the datetimes to the specified freq. Examples -------- >>> idx = pd.DatetimeIndex(start='2014-08-01 10:00', freq='H', ... periods=3, tz='Asia/Calcutta') >>> idx DatetimeIndex(['2014-08-01 10:00:00+05:30', '2014-08-01 11:00:00+05:30', '2014-08-01 12:00:00+05:30'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Asia/Calcutta]', freq='H') >>> idx.normalize() DatetimeIndex(['2014-08-01 00:00:00+05:30', '2014-08-01 00:00:00+05:30', '2014-08-01 00:00:00+05:30'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Asia/Calcutta]', freq=None) """ new_values = conversion.normalize_i8_timestamps(self.asi8, self.tz) return type(self)(new_values, freq='infer').tz_localize(self.tz)