[ARROW-5855] [Python] Add support for Duration type

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.16.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/22273
• Assignee: Joris Van den Bossche
• Reporter: Joris Van den Bossche
• Created: 04/Jul/19 20:07
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:43
• Resolved: 08/Oct/19 11:12

Description

Add support for the Duration type (added in C++: ARROW-835, ARROW-5261)

• add DurationType and DurationArray wrappers
• add inference support for datetime.timedelta / np.timedelta64

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5566