This rule raises an issue when the argument `dayfirst` or `yearfirst` is set to `True` on `pandas.to_datetime` function with an incorrect string format.

== Why is this an issue?

The `pandas.to_datetime` function transforms a string to a date object. The string representation of the date can take multiple formats. To correctly parse these strings,
`pandas.to_datetime` provides several arguments to setup the parsing, such as `dayfirst` or `yearfirst`. For example setting `dayfirst` to `True` indicates to `pandas.to_datetime`
that the date and time will be represented as a string with the shape `day month year time`. Similarly with `yearfirst`, the string should have the following shape `year month day time`.

These two arguments are not strict, meaning if the shape of the string is not the one expected by `pandas.to_datetime`, the function will not fail and try to figure out which part of the string is the day, month or year.

In the following example the `dayfirst` argument is set to `True` but we can clearly see that the `month` part of the date would be incorrect. In this case `pandas.to_datetime` will ignore the `dayfirst` argument, and parse the date
as the 22nd of January.

[source,python]
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import pandas as pd

pd.to_datetime(["01-22-2000 10:00"], dayfirst=True)
----

No issue will be raised in such a case, which could lead to bugs later in the program. Either the user made a mistake by setting `dayfirst` to `True` or the month part of the date is incorrect.


== How to fix it

To fix this issue either correct the string representation of the date to match the expected format, or remove the arguments `dayfirst` or `yearfirst`. 

=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
import pandas as pd

pd.to_datetime(["01-22-2000 10:00"], dayfirst=True) # Noncompliant: the second part of the date (22) is not a valid month

pd.to_datetime(["02/03/2000 12:00"], yearfirst=True) # Noncompliant: the year is not the first part of the date

pd.to_datetime(["03-14-2000 10:00"], dayfirst=True) # Noncompliant
----

==== Compliant solution

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
import pandas as pd

pd.to_datetime(["01-12-2000 10:00"], dayfirst=True) # Compliant: the date will be parsed as expected

pd.to_datetime(["2000/02/28 12:00"], yearfirst=True) # Compliant

pd.to_datetime(["03-14-2000 10:00"]) # Compliant
----


== Resources
=== Documentation

* Pandas documentation - https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/user_guide/timeseries.html#converting-to-timestamps[Converting to timestamps]