For example: > > > p = pandas.Period('2012-10-23', 'D') > > > p.start_time > > > <Timestamp: 2012-10-23 00:00:00> > > > p.end_time > > > <Timestamp: 2012-10-23 00:00:00> There are tests, but they fail to detect the problem because they are comparing the end_time to a constant which is the start_time (so they pass).