``` python from pandas import DataFrame from datetime import datetime df = DataFrame({'US': [1]}, index=[datetime(2012,1,1)]) df2 = DataFrame({}, columns=['EU']) df.combine_first(df2) ``` In 0.9.0, this returns: ``` US 2012-01-01 1 ``` In 0.10.0b1, this returns: ``` EU US 2012-01-01 NaN 1 ```