Get the day of the week in Java

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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

    GregorianCalendar newCal = new GregorianCalendar();
    int day = newCal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);

    newCal = new GregorianCalendar();
    newCal.set(1997, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0);
    newCal.setTime(newCal.getTime());
    day = newCal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
    System.out.println(day);

  }
}