code: def _encode_py_pd_period(val: pd.Period):
      return val.to_timestamp()
  
imports: from dataclasses import dataclass, field
  from functools import partial, singledispatch
  from itertools import chain
  from pathlib import Path
  from typing import List, Set, Optional, Union
  from typing_extensions import Literal
  from toolz.curried import keyfilter, valmap
  import numpy
  import pandas
  import pyarrow
  import pyarrow.parquet
  from gluonts.dataset import Dataset, DatasetWriter
  from gluonts.itertools import batcher, rows_to_columns
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: _encode_py_pd_period(val) and returns: val