Change output dtype to int32 for datetime component methods

python/cudf/cudf/core/column/datetime.py

@@ -341,12 +341,17 @@ def _get_dt_field(
         self, field: plc.datetime.DatetimeComponent
     ) -> ColumnBase:
         with self.access(mode="read", scope="internal"):
-            return type(self).from_pylibcudf(
+            result = type(self).from_pylibcudf(
                 plc.datetime.extract_datetime_component(
                     self.plc_column,
                     field,
                 )
             )
+            if cudf.get_option(
+                "mode.pandas_compatible"
+            ) and result.dtype == np.dtype("int16"):
+                result = result.astype(np.dtype("int32"))
+            return result
 
     def _get_field_names(
         self,

python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/accessors/test_dt.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import datetime
 import zoneinfo
@@ -733,3 +733,35 @@ def test_convert_edge_cases(data, original_timezone, target_timezone):
     expect = ps.dt.tz_convert(target_timezone)
     got = gs.dt.tz_convert(target_timezone)
     assert_eq(expect, got)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "data",
+    [
+        pd.date_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D"),
+        pd.date_range("1990-01-01", periods=100, freq="ME"),
+        pd.to_datetime(["2023-12-25", "2024-01-01", "2024-06-15", None]),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "component",
+    [
+        "year",
+        "month",
+        "day",
+        "hour",
+        "minute",
+        "second",
+        "microsecond",
+        "nanosecond",
+        "weekday",
+    ],
+)
+def test_dt_component_dtype_pandas_compat(data, component):
+    ps = pd.Series(data)
+    gs = cudf.Series(data)
+
+    with cudf.option_context("mode.pandas_compatible", True):
+        expect = getattr(ps.dt, component)
+        got = getattr(gs.dt, component)
+        assert_eq(expect, got, check_dtype=True)