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`DataFrame(::PyPandasDataFrame)` converts date & datetime to bytes

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Description

When doing some work involving dataframes in python via PythonCall, it seems like `DataFrame(PyTable(p))` where `p` is a pandas data table converts the date and datetime columns into byte vectors. Is this issue related to the issue #265 with milliseconds vs microseconds, or due to a missing part of the `DataFrame(::PyPandasDataFrame)` implementation?

Here are a few minimal examples, in a conda environment with pandas.

```
using PythonCall
using Dates
using DataFrames

a = DataFrame(x = [now()]) # julia dataframe
b = pytable(a) # pandas dataframe
c = PyTable(b) # PyPandasDataFrame
d = DataFrame(c) # julia dataframe again
```
This results in:
```
julia> c
1×1 PyPandasDataFrame
x
0 2023-04-13 14:36:13.939

julia> d
1×1 DataFrame
Row │ x
│ PyArray…
─────┼───────────────────────────────────
1 │ UInt8[0xc0, 0x62, 0x31, 0x8c, 0x…
```
The same thing happens when initially defining `b` as a pandas dataframe, so the microsecond issue in #265 seems to not be the problem?
```
julia> b = pd.DataFrame([[dt.datetime.now()]])
Python DataFrame:
0
0 2023-04-13 14:46:57.940077

julia> c = PyTable(b)
1×1 PyPandasDataFrame
0
0 2023-04-13 14:46:57.940077

julia> d = DataFrame(c)
1×1 DataFrame
Row │ 0
│ PyArray…
─────┼───────────────────────────────────
1 │ UInt8[0xc8, 0xf9, 0xa5, 0x7d, 0x…
```

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Research direction

Start with the DataFrame(::PyPandasDataFrame) conversion demonstrated in the issue and reproduce both pandas date and datetime examples. Trace how those columns become PyArray byte vectors, then verify that the round trip produces Julia date or datetime values rather than byte vectors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia, pandas, python
Domain
data
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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