Test to datetime null to NaT (#45512)

Author: ryangilmour

pandas/tests/tools/test_to_datetime.py

@@ -1066,6 +1066,33 @@ def test_convert_object_to_datetime_with_cache(
  )
  tm.assert_series_equal(result_series, expected_series)
 
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize("cache", [True, False])
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+ ("input", "expected"),
+ (
+ (
+ Series([NaT] * 20 + [None] * 20, dtype="object"), # type: ignore[list-item] # noqa: E501
+ Series([NaT] * 40, dtype="datetime64[ns]"),
+ ),
+ (
+ Series([NaT] * 60 + [None] * 60, dtype="object"), # type: ignore[list-item] # noqa: E501
+ Series([NaT] * 120, dtype="datetime64[ns]"),
+ ),
+ (Series([None] * 20), Series([NaT] * 20, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([None] * 60), Series([NaT] * 60, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([""] * 20), Series([NaT] * 20, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([""] * 60), Series([NaT] * 60, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([pd.NA] * 20), Series([NaT] * 20, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([pd.NA] * 60), Series([NaT] * 60, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([np.NaN] * 20), Series([NaT] * 20, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ (Series([np.NaN] * 60), Series([NaT] * 60, dtype="datetime64[ns]")),
+ ),
+ )
+ def test_to_datetime_converts_null_like_to_nat(self, cache, input, expected):
+ # GH35888
+ result = to_datetime(input, cache=cache)
+ tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
  @pytest.mark.parametrize(
  "date, format",
  [