DOC: Document that datetime64 is a dtype. #14641
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This could use a longer explanation. Look at some of the other dtype docstrings in this file.
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Happy if someone wants to suggest a better description, but I'm struggling to come up with anything myself.
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"Datetime type, stored as a 64-bit integer. Functionally compatible with datetime.datetime"
I think single backticks around datetime.datetime will create a link to the python documentation. Should also document timedelta64
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Afraid I don't have the bandwidth to pick this up at the moment - if someone else wants to push to my branch or open a replacement PR then feel free.
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I don't think this is sufficient to create an intersphinx link - no doc page is emitted for any of the scalar types. |
Fixes #10039