text = """1999-08-09 12:30:00-04:00   -0.000486
1999-08-09 12:31:00-04:00   -0.000606
1999-08-09 12:32:00-04:00   -0.000120
1999-08-09 12:33:00-04:00   -0.000037
1999-08-09 12:34:00-04:00   -0.000337
1999-08-09 12:35:00-04:00    0.000100
1999-08-09 12:36:00-04:00    0.000219
1999-08-09 12:37:00-04:00    0.000285
1999-08-09 12:38:00-04:00   -0.000981
1999-08-09 12:39:00-04:00   -0.000487
1999-08-09 12:40:00-04:00    0.000476
1999-08-09 12:41:00-04:00    0.000362
1999-08-09 12:42:00-04:00   -0.000038
1999-08-09 12:43:00-04:00   -0.000310
1999-08-09 12:44:00-04:00   -0.000337"""
Pandas - grouping intra day timeseries by date