BUG: concat of tz series with NaT

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.0.txt

@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 - Bug in not treating ``NaT`` as a missing value in datetimelikes when factorizing & with ``Categoricals`` (:issue:`12077`)
 - Bug in getitem when the values of a ``Series`` were tz-aware (:issue:`12089`)
 - Bug in ``Series.str.get_dummies`` when one of the variables was 'name' (:issue:`12180`)
+- Bug in ``pd.concat`` while concatenating tz-aware NaT series. (:issue:`11693`, :issue:`11755`)
 
 
 

pandas/core/common.py

@@ -1643,15 +1643,21 @@ def _possibly_cast_to_datetime(value, dtype, errors='raise'):
                     raise TypeError("cannot convert datetimelike to "
                                     "dtype [%s]" % dtype)
             elif is_datetime64tz:
-                pass
+
+                # our NaT doesn't support tz's
+                # this will coerce to DatetimeIndex with
+                # a matching dtype below
+                if lib.isscalar(value) and isnull(value):
+                    value = [value]
+
             elif is_timedelta64 and not is_dtype_equal(dtype, _TD_DTYPE):
                 if dtype.name == 'timedelta64[ns]':
                     dtype = _TD_DTYPE
                 else:
                     raise TypeError("cannot convert timedeltalike to "
                                     "dtype [%s]" % dtype)
 
-            if np.isscalar(value):
+            if lib.isscalar(value):
                 if value == tslib.iNaT or isnull(value):
                     value = tslib.iNaT
             else:

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@ def create_from_value(value, index, dtype):
         # return a new empty value suitable for the dtype
 
         if is_datetimetz(dtype):
-            subarr = DatetimeIndex([value] * len(index))
+            subarr = DatetimeIndex([value] * len(index), dtype=dtype)
         else:
             if not isinstance(dtype, (np.dtype, type(np.dtype))):
                 dtype = dtype.dtype
@@ -2937,7 +2937,8 @@ def create_from_value(value, index, dtype):
 
             # a 1-element ndarray
             if len(subarr) != len(index) and len(subarr) == 1:
-                subarr = create_from_value(subarr[0], index, subarr)
+                subarr = create_from_value(subarr[0], index,
+                                           subarr.dtype)
 
     elif subarr.ndim > 1:
         if isinstance(data, np.ndarray):

pandas/tests/indexes/test_datetimelike.py

@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ def test_construction_with_alt(self):
         expected = i.tz_localize(None).tz_localize('UTC')
         self.assert_index_equal(i2, expected)
 
-        i2 = DatetimeIndex(i, tz='UTC')
-        expected = i.tz_convert('UTC')
-        self.assert_index_equal(i2, expected)
-
         # incompat tz/dtype
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: DatetimeIndex(
             i.tz_localize(None).asi8, dtype=i.dtype, tz='US/Pacific'))

pandas/tests/series/test_constructors.py

@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ def test_constructor_with_datetime_tz(self):
         self.assertTrue(s.dtype == 'object')
         self.assertTrue(lib.infer_dtype(s) == 'datetime')
 
+        # with all NaT
+        s = Series(pd.NaT, index=[0, 1], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+        expected = Series(pd.DatetimeIndex(['NaT', 'NaT'], tz='US/Eastern'))
+        assert_series_equal(s, expected)
+
     def test_constructor_periodindex(self):
         # GH7932
         # converting a PeriodIndex when put in a Series

pandas/tests/test_groupby.py

@@ -3943,10 +3943,17 @@ def test_groupby_multi_timezone(self):
         result = df.groupby('tz').date.apply(
             lambda x: pd.to_datetime(x).dt.tz_localize(x.name))
 
-        expected = pd.to_datetime(Series(
-            ['2000-01-28 22:47:00', '2000-01-29 22:48:00',
-             '2000-01-31 00:49:00', '2000-01-31 22:50:00',
-             '2000-01-01 21:50:00']))
+        expected = Series([Timestamp('2000-01-28 16:47:00-0600',
+                                     tz='America/Chicago'),
+                           Timestamp('2000-01-29 16:48:00-0600',
+                                     tz='America/Chicago'),
+                           Timestamp('2000-01-30 16:49:00-0800',
+                                     tz='America/Los_Angeles'),
+                           Timestamp('2000-01-31 16:50:00-0600',
+                                     tz='America/Chicago'),
+                           Timestamp('2000-01-01 16:50:00-0500',
+                                     tz='America/New_York')],
+                          dtype=object)
         assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
         tz = 'America/Chicago'

pandas/tools/tests/test_merge.py

@@ -1024,6 +1024,63 @@ def test_merge_on_datetime64tz(self):
         result = pd.merge(left, right, on='key', how='outer')
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_concat_NaT_series(self):
+        # GH 11693
+        # test for merging NaT series with datetime series.
+        x = Series(date_range('20151124 08:00', '20151124 09:00',
+                              freq='1h', tz='US/Eastern'))
+        y = Series(pd.NaT, index=[0, 1], dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+        expected = Series([x[0], x[1], pd.NaT, pd.NaT])
+
+        result = concat([x, y], ignore_index=True)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # all NaT with tz
+        expected = Series(pd.NaT, index=range(4),
+                          dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+        result = pd.concat([y, y], ignore_index=True)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # without tz
+        x = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20151124 08:00',
+                                    '20151124 09:00', freq='1h'))
+        y = pd.Series(pd.date_range('20151124 10:00',
+                                    '20151124 11:00', freq='1h'))
+        y[:] = pd.NaT
+        expected = pd.Series([x[0], x[1], pd.NaT, pd.NaT])
+        result = pd.concat([x, y], ignore_index=True)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # all NaT without tz
+        x[:] = pd.NaT
+        expected = pd.Series(pd.NaT, index=range(4),
+                             dtype='datetime64[ns]')
+        result = pd.concat([x, y], ignore_index=True)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_concat_tz_series(self):
+        # GH 11755
+        # tz and no tz
+        x = Series(date_range('20151124 08:00',
+                              '20151124 09:00',
+                              freq='1h', tz='UTC'))
+        y = Series(date_range('2012-01-01', '2012-01-02'))
+        expected = Series([x[0], x[1], y[0], y[1]],
+                          dtype='object')
+        result = concat([x, y], ignore_index=True)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # GH 11887
+        # concat tz and object
+        x = Series(date_range('20151124 08:00',
+                              '20151124 09:00',
+                              freq='1h', tz='UTC'))
+        y = Series(['a', 'b'])
+        expected = Series([x[0], x[1], y[0], y[1]],
+                          dtype='object')
+        result = concat([x, y], ignore_index=True)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
     def test_indicator(self):
         # PR #10054. xref #7412 and closes #8790.
         df1 = DataFrame({'col1': [0, 1], 'col_left': [

pandas/tseries/common.py

@@ -255,14 +255,16 @@ def _concat_compat(to_concat, axis=0):
 
     def convert_to_pydatetime(x, axis):
         # coerce to an object dtype
-        if x.dtype == _NS_DTYPE:
 
-            if hasattr(x, 'tz'):
+        # if dtype is of datetimetz or timezone
+        if x.dtype.kind == _NS_DTYPE.kind:
+            if getattr(x, 'tz', None) is not None:
                 x = x.asobject
+            else:
+                shape = x.shape
+                x = tslib.ints_to_pydatetime(x.view(np.int64).ravel())
+                x = x.reshape(shape)
 
-            shape = x.shape
-            x = tslib.ints_to_pydatetime(x.view(np.int64).ravel())
-            x = x.reshape(shape)
         elif x.dtype == _TD_DTYPE:
             shape = x.shape
             x = tslib.ints_to_pytimedelta(x.view(np.int64).ravel())
@@ -275,6 +277,12 @@ def convert_to_pydatetime(x, axis):
     # datetimetz
     if 'datetimetz' in typs:
 
+        # if to_concat have 'datetime' or 'object'
+        # then we need to coerce to object
+        if 'datetime' in typs or 'object' in typs:
+            to_concat = [convert_to_pydatetime(x, axis) for x in to_concat]
+            return np.concatenate(to_concat, axis=axis)
+
         # we require ALL of the same tz for datetimetz
         tzs = set([getattr(x, 'tz', None) for x in to_concat]) - set([None])
         if len(tzs) == 1:

pandas/tseries/index.py

@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ def __new__(cls, data=None,
             raise ValueError("Must provide freq argument if no data is "
                              "supplied")
 
+        # if dtype has an embeded tz, capture it
+        if dtype is not None:
+            try:
+                dtype = DatetimeTZDtype.construct_from_string(dtype)
+                dtz = getattr(dtype, 'tz', None)
+                if dtz is not None:
+                    if tz is not None and str(tz) != str(dtz):
+                        raise ValueError("cannot supply both a tz and a dtype"
+                                         " with a tz")
+                    tz = dtz
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+
         if data is None:
             return cls._generate(start, end, periods, name, freq,
                                  tz=tz, normalize=normalize, closed=closed,
@@ -272,7 +285,15 @@ def __new__(cls, data=None,
                         data.name = name
 
                     if tz is not None:
-                        return data.tz_localize(tz, ambiguous=ambiguous)
+
+                        # we might already be localized to this tz
+                        # so passing the same tz is ok
+                        # however any other tz is a no-no
+                        if data.tz is None:
+                            return data.tz_localize(tz, ambiguous=ambiguous)
+                        elif str(tz) != str(data.tz):
+                            raise TypeError("Already tz-aware, use tz_convert "
+                                            "to convert.")
 
                     return data
 
@@ -288,6 +309,12 @@ def __new__(cls, data=None,
                 if tz is None:
                     tz = data.tz
 
+                else:
+                    # the tz's must match
+                    if str(tz) != str(data.tz):
+                        raise TypeError("Already tz-aware, use tz_convert "
+                                        "to convert.")
+
                 subarr = data.values
 
                 if freq is None:

pandas/tseries/tests/test_timeseries.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_index_unique(self):
         dups_local = self.dups.index.tz_localize('US/Eastern')
         dups_local.name = 'foo'
         result = dups_local.unique()
-        expected = DatetimeIndex(expected, tz='US/Eastern')
+        expected = DatetimeIndex(expected).tz_localize('US/Eastern')
         self.assertTrue(result.tz is not None)
         self.assertEqual(result.name, 'foo')
         self.assertTrue(result.equals(expected))
@@ -2473,6 +2473,40 @@ def test_constructor_datetime64_tzformat(self):
                                      tz='Asia/Tokyo')
             self.assert_numpy_array_equal(idx.asi8, expected_i8.asi8)
 
+    def test_constructor_dtype(self):
+
+        # passing a dtype with a tz should localize
+        idx = DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01',
+                             '2013-01-02'],
+                            dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+        expected = DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01', '2013-01-02']
+                                 ).tz_localize('US/Eastern')
+        self.assertTrue(idx.equals(expected))
+
+        idx = DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01',
+                             '2013-01-02'],
+                            tz='US/Eastern')
+        self.assertTrue(idx.equals(expected))
+
+        # if we already have a tz and its not the same, then raise
+        idx = DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01', '2013-01-02'],
+                            dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+                          lambda: DatetimeIndex(idx,
+                                                dtype='datetime64[ns]'))
+
+        # this is effectively trying to convert tz's
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError,
+                          lambda: DatetimeIndex(idx,
+                                                dtype='datetime64[ns, CET]'))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+                          lambda: DatetimeIndex(
+                              idx, tz='CET',
+                              dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]'))
+        result = DatetimeIndex(idx, dtype='datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]')
+        self.assertTrue(idx.equals(result))
+
     def test_constructor_name(self):
         idx = DatetimeIndex(start='2000-01-01', periods=1, freq='A',
                             name='TEST')

pandas/tslib.pyx

@@ -3554,6 +3554,10 @@ def tz_convert(ndarray[int64_t] vals, object tz1, object tz2):
     trans, deltas, typ = _get_dst_info(tz2)
     trans_len = len(trans)
 
+    # if all NaT, return all NaT
+    if (utc_dates==NPY_NAT).all():
+        return utc_dates
+
     # use first non-NaT element
     # if all-NaT, return all-NaT
     if (result==NPY_NAT).all():