df date to string code example

Example 1: pandas change dtype to timestamp

pd.to_datetime(df.column)

Example 2: pandas.datetime

In [13]: friday = pd.Timestamp('2018-01-05')

In [14]: friday.day_name()
Out[14]: 'Friday'

# Add 1 day
In [15]: saturday = friday + pd.Timedelta('1 day')

In [16]: saturday.day_name()
Out[16]: 'Saturday'

# Add 1 business day (Friday --> Monday)
In [17]: monday = friday + pd.offsets.BDay()

In [18]: monday.day_name()
Out[18]: 'Monday'

Example 3: date parser python pandas

format='%d%b%Y'