BUG: `np.datetime64("nat", "ms")` does not use unit in `repr` (unlike timedelta) · Issue #28496 · numpy/numpy · GitHub
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BUG: np.datetime64("nat", "ms") does not use unit in repr (unlike timedelta) #28496

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@mroeschke

Describe the issue:

When astypeing a unit-less datetime64 NaT to the same type with specified unit, the unit is not preserved unlike the analgous operation for timedelta64

Reproduce the code example:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.__version__
'2.3.0.dev0+git20250301.dfb054e'
>>> np.timedelta64("nat")
np.timedelta64('NaT')
>>> np.timedelta64("nat").astype(np.dtype("timedelta64[ns]"))
np.timedelta64('NaT','ns')
>>> np.datetime64("nat")
np.datetime64('NaT')
>>> np.datetime64("nat").astype(np.dtype("datetime64[ns]"))
np.datetime64('NaT')

Error message:

Python and NumPy Versions:

'2.3.0.dev0+git20250301.dfb054e'

Runtime Environment:

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