ENH: Use LocaleTime for date_field_name output · Issue #12806 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

Instantiate LocaleTime and use the property .f_weekday to generate weekday and month names.

Currently datename strings are pulled from a hard coded (English) array in get_date_name_field() in tslib.py, better to pull these from a Locale adjusted array.

Code Sample:

pd.Timestamp("2016-04-06").weekday_name

Expected Output

e.g. for the a platform with Dutch locale:
'woensdag'