datetime-conversion

alteryx · Apr 30, 2018 · e18949e · e18949e
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commit e18949e
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/featuretools/entityset/entity.py b/featuretools/entityset/entity.py
@@ -501,8 +501,12 @@ def entityset_convert_variable_type(self, column_id, new_type, **kwargs):
         elif new_type == vtypes.Datetime:
             format = kwargs.get("format", None)
             # TODO: if float convert to int?
-            df[column_id] = pd.to_datetime(df[column_id], format=format,
-                                           infer_datetime_format=True)
+            try:
+                df[column_id] = pd.to_datetime(df[column_id], format=format,
+                                               infer_datetime_format=True)
+            except:
+                raise Exception("Cannot convert column %s to %s" %
+                                (column_id, new_type))
         elif new_type == vtypes.Boolean:
             map_dict = {kwargs.get("true_val", True): True,
                         kwargs.get("false_val", False): False,