Pandas: dt.month_name doesn't return the name of the month

[StevenLi-DS]

I'm trying to get the name of the month of the year based on my datatime variable created_data in my dataframe df_noise, and tried:

df_noise['month'] = df_noise.created_date.dt.month_name

and pandas returns the following in every row of the column

<bound method PandasDelegate._add_delegate_accessors.<locals>._create_delegator_method.<locals>.f of <pandas.core.indexes.accessors.DatetimeProperties object at 0x0000011D017F9630>>

If I use

df_noise['month'] = df_noise.created_date.dt.month

pandas will return the numerical values of the month.

Am I missing somthing? Is there a way to get the name of the month? The doc here doesn't have examples.

verison:
'0.23.4'

[jorisvandenbossche]

This is because month_name is a method that needs to be called, and not an attribute (I have to say this is a bit confusing, as many of the other "datetime" related properties are actually attributes and not a method):

df_noise.created_date.dt.month_name()

Always welcome to add an example to that docstring!

[jorisvandenbossche]

In general, we prefer that you ask such usage questions rather on StackOverflow or on the pydata mailing list (I recommend StackOverflow, you will get a quicker answer there).

The issue tracker here is more meant for bugs or enhancement requests.

[StevenLi-DS]

@jorisvandenbossche my bad and I googled it and no answer on StackOverflow came up. Thanks for your clarification.

[kurtsenol]

This is because month_name is a method that needs to be called, and not an attribute (I have to say this is a bit confusing, as many of the other "datetime" related properties are actually attributes and not a method):

df_noise.created_date.dt.month_name()

Always welcome to add an example to that docstring!

Thanks!!!