在 0.13(即将推出)中，这经过了大量优化并且相当快(但在 0.12 中仍然相当快)；比循环快两个数量级

In 0.13 (coming very soon), this is heavily optimized and quite fast (but still pretty fast in 0.12); both orders of magnitude faster than looping

In [3]: df
Out[3]: 
   M  D     Y  Apples  Oranges
0  5  6  1990      12        3
1  5  7  1990      14        4
2  5  8  1990      15       34
3  5  9  1990      23       21

In [4]: df.dtypes
Out[4]: 
M          int64
D          int64
Y          int64
Apples     int64
Oranges    int64
dtype: object

# in 0.12, use this
In [5]: pd.to_datetime((df.Y*10000+df.M*100+df.D).apply(str),format='%Y%m%d')

# in 0.13 the above or this will work
In [5]: pd.to_datetime(df.Y*10000+df.M*100+df.D,format='%Y%m%d')
Out[5]: 
0   1990-05-06 00:00:00
1   1990-05-07 00:00:00
2   1990-05-08 00:00:00
3   1990-05-09 00:00:00
dtype: datetime64[ns]