[SPARK-46725] Add DAYNAME function

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: PySpark, R, Spark Shell, SQL
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Max Gekk
• Reporter: Stefan Kandic
• Created: 15/Jan/24 12:12
• Updated: 24/Jan/24 03:28
• Resolved: 21/Jan/24 19:30

Description

Add function DAYNAME which returns three-letter abbreviation of a given date/timestamp to various spark apis (scala, python, r, connect)

Similar to 46515

cc: mitkedb

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #44758