pyspark.pandas.Series.dt.day_name

dt.day_name(locale=None)

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