Java Data Type How to - Get day of week int value and String value








Question

We would like to know how to get day of week int value and String value.

Answer

import java.time.DayOfWeek;
import java.time.LocalDate;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.of(2014, 2, 15); // 2014-06-15
    DayOfWeek dayOfWeek = date.getDayOfWeek();
    int dayOfWeekIntValue = dayOfWeek.getValue(); // 6
    String dayOfWeekName = dayOfWeek.name(); // SATURDAY
    
    System.out.println(dayOfWeekIntValue);
    System.out.println(dayOfWeekName);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.