<#read in date format
dateparse=lambda dates:pd.datetime.strptime(dates,'% Y-% m')
data=pd.read_csv('C:\\Users\\rajesh\\STATISTICS WITH PYTHON\\Airpassengers.csv',index_col='Month',date_parser=dateparse,dtype='float')
data.head()>
I get an error :ValueError: ‘%’ is a bad directive in format ‘% Y-% m’
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the format is not understandable by strptime.
remove the spaces between % and Y, and between % and m.
it should be like this: %Y-%m
