#68705·pandas

DEPR: cache_dates in read_csv

Author: jbrockmendelCreated Sep 14, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
LabelsIO CSVDeprecate

A review of github code shows that cache_dates is the least-used keyword, with 8.4k uses (compared to 1.01M of dtype). Moreover, the cases where cache_dates=False improves performance are fewer and fewer now that ISO cases get excluded by default.

I think we should deprecate the keyword and have a slightly simpler API. cc @mroeschke