how to infer weekday names based on date in python

main.py
from datetime import date

# create a date object
my_date = date(2021, 9, 22)

# get the weekday index (0 for Monday, 1 for Tuesday,..., 6 for Sunday)
weekday_index = my_date.weekday()

# map the index to the corresponding weekday name
weekday_names = {
    0: 'Monday',
    1: 'Tuesday',
    2: 'Wednesday',
    3: 'Thursday',
    4: 'Friday',
    5: 'Saturday',
    6: 'Sunday'
}

weekday_name = weekday_names[weekday_index]

print(weekday_name)  # output: 'Wednesday'
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main.py
from datetime import date

# create a date object
my_date = date(2021, 9, 22)

# format the date string with the weekday name (%A)
weekday_name = my_date.strftime('%A')

print(weekday_name)  # output: 'Wednesday'
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