@Substitution(URL="<STR_LIT>"<EOL>"<STR_LIT>")<EOL><INDENT>def strftime(self, date_format):<DEDENT>
from pandas import Index<EOL>return Index(self._format_native_types(date_format=date_format))<EOL>
Convert to Index using specified date_format.

Return an Index of formatted strings specified by date_format, which
supports the same string format as the python standard library. Details
of the string format can be found in `python string format
doc <%(URL)s>`__.

Parameters
----------
date_format : str
    Date format string (e.g. "%%Y-%%m-%%d").

Returns
-------
Index
    Index of formatted strings.

See Also
--------
to_datetime : Convert the given argument to datetime.
DatetimeIndex.normalize : Return DatetimeIndex with times to midnight.
DatetimeIndex.round : Round the DatetimeIndex to the specified freq.
DatetimeIndex.floor : Floor the DatetimeIndex to the specified freq.

Examples
--------
>>> rng = pd.date_range(pd.Timestamp("2018-03-10 09:00"),
...                     periods=3, freq='s')
>>> rng.strftime('%%B %%d, %%Y, %%r')
Index(['March 10, 2018, 09:00:00 AM', 'March 10, 2018, 09:00:01 AM',
       'March 10, 2018, 09:00:02 AM'],
      dtype='object')