Question

How to get and print the day of week using Calendar in Java

Answer 1

package javaapplication1;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class JavaApplication1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
        
        System.out.println("Today : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                           + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
        
        String[] days = new String[]{
                                    "Sunday",
                                    "Monday",
                                    "Tuesday",
                                    "Wednesday",
                                    "Thusday",
                                    "Friday",
                                    "Saturday"
        };
  
        System.out.println("Current day: " + days[now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) - 1]);
    }
}

/*

run:

Today : 10-18-2016
Current day: Tuesday

*/

 

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