def asfreq(obj, freq, method=None, how=None, normalize=False, fill_value=None):
    """
    Utility frequency conversion method for Series/DataFrame.
    """
    if isinstance(obj.index, PeriodIndex):
        if method is not None:
            raise NotImplementedError("'method' argument is not supported")

        if how is None:
            how = 'E'

        new_obj = obj.copy()
        new_obj.index = obj.index.asfreq(freq, how=how)

    elif len(obj.index) == 0:
        new_obj = obj.copy()
        new_obj.index = obj.index._shallow_copy(freq=to_offset(freq))

    else:
        dti = date_range(obj.index[0], obj.index[-1], freq=freq)
        dti.name = obj.index.name
        new_obj = obj.reindex(dti, method=method, fill_value=fill_value)
        if normalize:
            new_obj.index = new_obj.index.normalize()

    return new_obj