Question

How to get the name of the day with enum in Java

Answer 1

package javaapplication1;

public enum DayOfWeek {
	SUNDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is sunday";
		}
	},
	MONDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is Monday";
		}
	},
	TUESDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is Tuesday";
		}
	},
	WEDNESDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is Wednesday";
		}
	},
	THURSDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is Thursday";
		}
	},
	FRIDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is Friday";
		}
	},
	SATURDAY {
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return "Today is Saturday";
		}
	};
 
	public abstract String toString();
}

package javaapplication1;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Example {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       
    	String nameOfTheDay = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE").format(new Date());
        DayOfWeek today = DayOfWeek.valueOf(nameOfTheDay.toUpperCase());
        System.out.println(today.toString());
    }
}
   
   
/*
run:

Today is sunday
    
*/

 

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