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# pandas.Timestamp.day_name

Timestamp.day_name(locale=None)

  Return the day name of the Timestamp with specified locale.

  This method returns the full name of the day of the week (e.g., ‘Monday’, ‘Tuesday’) for the given Timestamp. The locale can be specified to return the name in a particular language.

  Parameters:
    locale str, default None (English locale)

      Locale determining the language in which to return the day name.

  Returns:
    str

  See also

  `Timestamp.day_of_week`

    Return day of the week.

  `Timestamp.day_of_year`

    Return day of the year.

  Examples

      >>> ts = pd.Timestamp('2020-03-14T15:32:52.192548651')
      >>> ts.day_name()
      'Saturday'

  Analogous for `pd.NaT`:

      >>> pd.NaT.day_name()
      nan