I want to convert the index column of a dataframe into an array, but I'm not sure how to go about it. I have already converted the second column to array, but for some reason it doesn't work on the first column as well. Here is how I'm trying to convert the index column:

```
time = df1.as_matrix(columns = df1.columns[:,0])

```

But I get

```
too many indices for array

```

Here is my dataframe 

```
df1
Out[13]: 
                                 0
2015-11-19 23:59:54.500 -20.186533
2015-11-19 23:59:54.625 -20.272575
2015-11-19 23:59:54.750 -20.185249
2015-11-19 23:59:54.875 -20.247126
2015-11-19 23:59:55.000 -20.205975
2015-11-19 23:59:55.125 -20.281376
2015-11-19 23:59:55.250 -20.238962
2015-11-19 23:59:55.375 -20.300100
2015-11-19 23:59:55.500 -20.311625
2015-11-19 23:59:55.625 -20.264126
2015-11-19 23:59:55.750 -20.266762
2015-11-19 23:59:55.875 -20.224825
2015-11-19 23:59:56.000 -20.211288
2015-11-19 23:59:56.125 -20.163288
2015-11-19 23:59:56.250 -20.254587
2015-11-19 23:59:56.375 -20.125738
2015-11-19 23:59:56.500 -20.146749
2015-11-19 23:59:56.625 -20.161976
2015-11-19 23:59:56.750 -20.126276
2015-11-19 23:59:56.875 -20.082863
2015-11-19 23:59:57.000 -20.030237
2015-11-19 23:59:57.125 -20.098312
2015-11-19 23:59:57.250 -20.146214
2015-11-19 23:59:57.375 -20.030476
2015-11-19 23:59:57.500 -20.018661
2015-11-19 23:59:57.625 -20.029900
2015-11-19 23:59:57.750 -19.970963
2015-11-19 23:59:57.875 -19.994637
2015-11-19 23:59:58.000 -20.097612
2015-11-19 23:59:58.125 -19.952700

```