Python: Converting a day number to a day name using calendar

Question

Using the following command I was able to get the numerical day of the week for a given date:

from calendar import weekday

print(weekday(2015, 5, 8))

This block then produces the number 4. How can I convert this into Friday, preferably just using the calendar library. I've looked through the documentation as best as I can but couldn't find anything that would print out the full day name.

Cheers.

you haven't tried enough, but look at this http://stackoverflow.com/a/36577516 — Evan Peters, Jun 16 '16 at 07:50
@LutzHorn My mistake, was left there by accident. I have removed it now. — Daniel Porteous, Jun 16 '16 at 07:55
@Evan-Peters The question was about week days, not months ... — AlBlue, Jun 16 '16 at 08:31

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '16 at 07:48

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You can use calendar.day_name which is a list of week days in current locale:

>>> import calendar
>>> calendar.day_name[4]
'Friday'

answered Jun 16 '16 at 07:48

niemmi

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 07:51

Never mind, I've found an answer but I'll leave the question up if anyone else is curious. The calendar library has an array called day_name with the days of the week in it:

An array that represents the days of the week in the current locale.

I was able to get the day by using:

from calendar import weekday, day_name

dayNumber = weekday(2015, 5, 8)
dayName = day_name[dayNumber]

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '19 at 11:22

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I think this will be a good way to solve

import calendar
print((calendar.day_name[calendar.weekday(2019, 9, 12)]).upper())

answered Sep 12 '19 at 11:22

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