# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd
  
# Creating the Index
idx = pd.Index(['2015-10-31', '2015-12-02', '2016-01-03',
                            '2016-02-08', '2017-05-05'])
  
# Print the Index
idx

# Check if input date in present or not.
idx.contains('2016-02-08')

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd
  
# Creating the Index
idx = pd.Index(['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
               'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'])
  
# Print the Index
idx

# to check if the input month is
# part of the Index or not.
idx.contains('May')