pyspark.pandas.Series.dt.day_name

dt.day_name(locale: Optional[str] = None) → ps.Series

Return the day names of the series with specified locale.

Parameters
localestr, optional

Locale determining the language in which to return the day name. Default is English locale.

Returns
Series

Series of day names.

Examples

>>> series = ps.Series(pd.date_range(start='2018-01-01', freq='D', periods=3))
>>> series
0   2018-01-01
1   2018-01-02
2   2018-01-03
dtype: datetime64[ns]
>>> series.dt.day_name()
0       Monday
1      Tuesday
2    Wednesday
dtype: object