COMPAT: alias .to_numpy() for timestamp and timedelta scalars

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Backwards incompatible API changes
 Other API Changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
--
+- ``Timestamp`` and ``Timedelta`` scalars now implement the :meth:`to_numpy` method as aliases to :meth:`Timestamp.to_datetime64` and :meth:`Timedelta.to_timedelta64`, respectively. (:issue:`24653`)
+
 -
 -
 

pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx

@@ -188,6 +188,26 @@ cdef class _NaT(datetime):
         """
         return np.datetime64('NaT', 'ns')
 
+    def to_numpy(self, dtype=None, copy=False):
+        """
+        Convert the Timestamp to a NumPy datetime64.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.25.0
+
+        This is an alias method for `Timestamp.to_datetime64()`. The dtype and
+        copy parameters are available here only for compatibility. Their values
+        will not affect the return value.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        numpy.datetime64
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        DatetimeIndex.to_numpy : Similar method for DatetimeIndex.
+        """
+        return self.to_datetime64()
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return 'NaT'
 

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timedeltas.pyx

@@ -824,6 +824,26 @@ cdef class _Timedelta(timedelta):
         """ Returns a numpy.timedelta64 object with 'ns' precision """
         return np.timedelta64(self.value, 'ns')
 
+    def to_numpy(self, dtype=None, copy=False):
+        """
+        Convert the Timestamp to a NumPy timedelta64.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.25.0
+
+        This is an alias method for `Timedelta.to_timedelta64()`. The dtype and
+        copy parameters are available here only for compatibility. Their values
+        will not affect the return value.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        numpy.timedelta64
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        Series.to_numpy : Similar method for Series.
+        """
+        return self.to_timedelta64()
+
     def total_seconds(self):
         """
         Total duration of timedelta in seconds (to ns precision)

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx

@@ -345,6 +345,26 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(datetime):
         """
         return np.datetime64(self.value, 'ns')
 
+    def to_numpy(self, dtype=None, copy=False):
+        """
+        Convert the Timestamp to a NumPy datetime64.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.25.0
+
+        This is an alias method for `Timestamp.to_datetime64()`. The dtype and
+        copy parameters are available here only for compatibility. Their values
+        will not affect the return value.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        numpy.datetime64
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+        DatetimeIndex.to_numpy : Similar method for DatetimeIndex.
+        """
+        return self.to_datetime64()
+
     def __add__(self, other):
         cdef:
             int64_t other_int, nanos

pandas/tests/scalar/test_nat.py

@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ def _get_overlap_public_nat_methods(klass, as_tuple=False):
                  "fromtimestamp", "isocalendar", "isoformat", "isoweekday",
                  "month_name", "now", "replace", "round", "strftime",
                  "strptime", "time", "timestamp", "timetuple", "timetz",
-                 "to_datetime64", "to_pydatetime", "today", "toordinal",
-                 "tz_convert", "tz_localize", "tzname", "utcfromtimestamp",
-                 "utcnow", "utcoffset", "utctimetuple", "weekday"]),
+                 "to_datetime64", "to_numpy", "to_pydatetime", "today",
+                 "toordinal", "tz_convert", "tz_localize", "tzname",
+                 "utcfromtimestamp", "utcnow", "utcoffset", "utctimetuple",
+                 "weekday"]),
     (Timedelta, ["total_seconds"])
 ])
 def test_overlap_public_nat_methods(klass, expected):
@@ -339,3 +340,11 @@ def test_nat_arithmetic_td64_vector(op_name, box):
 def test_nat_pinned_docstrings():
     # see gh-17327
     assert NaT.ctime.__doc__ == datetime.ctime.__doc__
+
+
+def test_to_numpy_alias():
+    # GH 24653: alias .to_numpy() for scalars
+    expected = NaT.to_datetime64()
+    result = NaT.to_numpy()
+
+    assert np.isnat(expected) and np.isnat(result)

pandas/tests/scalar/timedelta/test_timedelta.py

@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ def test_timedelta_conversions(self):
         assert (Timedelta(timedelta(days=1)) ==
                 np.timedelta64(1, 'D').astype('m8[ns]'))
 
+    def test_to_numpy_alias(self):
+        # GH 24653: alias .to_numpy() for scalars
+        td = Timedelta('10m7s')
+        assert td.to_timedelta64() == td.to_numpy()
+
     def test_round(self):
 
         t1 = Timedelta('1 days 02:34:56.789123456')

pandas/tests/scalar/timestamp/test_timestamp.py

@@ -962,3 +962,8 @@ def test_to_period_tz_warning(self):
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(UserWarning):
             # warning that timezone info will be lost
             ts.to_period('D')
+
+    def test_to_numpy_alias(self):
+        # GH 24653: alias .to_numpy() for scalars
+        ts = Timestamp(datetime.now())
+        assert ts.to_datetime64() == ts.to_numpy()