BUG: Fix to_datetime to properly deal with tz offsets #3944

Currently for certain formats of datetime strings, the tz offset will
just be ignored.
DOC: Clarify that DataFrame string formatters must return strings

I am not 100% sure that string formatters must really return *unicode* strings
(non-unicode strings seem to work, too), but I am leaving that because it's
what is already documentated.

Fixes #6052.
ENH: allow legend='reverse' in df.plot() GH6014
ENH/TST: Raise error if invalid value passed to if_exists argument

The if_exists argument in io.sql.write_frame needed data validation
because the logic of the function implicitly used 'append' if the argument
value was any string that was not either 'fail' or 'replace'.
I added a new unit test to support the requirement.

BUG: Fix if_exists='replace' functionality in io.sql.write_frame

This should resolve issues #2971 and #4110

CLN: Refactor in between test clean ups to be more DRY

TST: Complete test coverage for if_exists uses in io.sql.write_frame

CLN: Refactor to make interaction between exists and if_exists clearer

This refactor results in the function logic being clearer, since if_exists is
only relevant when exists is True, the program flow is better served to
have if_exists control flow only when exists is True

BUG: Fix regression introduced by c28f11a0041a9f3b25f33b0539e42fa802b1d8d4

sqlite3 convenience function executescript not available
in other database flavors.

TST: Adding if_exist test for mysql flavor
FIX old exception syntax

DOC add to release notes
BUG: fixed append for dataframe with multi-column
Merge pull request #6167 from wabu/append-multi-fix

append to existing table with mulitindex fix
TST: sparc fixes in datetime weirdness
BUG: Consistency with dtypes in setting an empty DataFrame (GH6171)
listcomp -> for-loop (listcopms create a new scope in py3), bypass AttributeError on Pandas.str
BLD: try harder to find errno in @network
Merge pull request #6172 from jreback/empty_frame

BUG: Consistency with dtypes in setting an empty DataFrame (GH6171)
BLD/TST: @network, SkipTest on certain exception messages, when no errno set
TST: set default socket timeout to 5 sec in pandas.io.tests SetUp()
Merge pull request #6174 from y-p/PR_more_network

More @network fixes
CLN: use assertEqual over assert_ for better exception messages
DOC: cleanup warnings in tutorials.rst
DOC: tweaks to whatsnew
DOC: typos
CLN: clear up some cython warnings