@cᴏʟᴅsᴘᴇᴇᴅ explain it better:
When two datetime objects are subtracted, the result is a timedelta. Depending on which date was larger, the result could be positive or negative.
Also if all values in column have no times, in pandas are not shown.
Patient["Waiting"] = Patient["Appointment"] - Patient["Scheduled"]
2016-04-29 00:00:00 - 2016-04-29 18:38:08
For remove negative timedelatas is possible use abs
:
Patient["Waiting"] = (Patient["Appointment"] - Patient["Scheduled"]).abs()
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solved why I have negative date by subtraction of two column?