Java Calendar Create createCalendarInstance(final Locale locale)

Description

Create a calendar instance that uses mondays or sundays as the first day of the week depending on the given locale and sets the week number 1 to the first week in the year that has four days of january.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
local	the locale to define if a week starts on sunday or monday

Return

a calendar instance

Declaration

public static Calendar createCalendarInstance(final Locale locale)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Create a calendar instance that uses mondays or sundays as the first day of the week depending on the given locale and sets the week number 1 to the first week in
     * the year that has four days of january.
     * 
     * @param local the locale to define if a week starts on sunday or monday
     * @return a calendar instance
     */
    public static Calendar createCalendarInstance(final Locale locale) {
        // use Calendar.getInstance(locale) that sets first day of week
        // according to locale or let user decide in GUI
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(locale);
        // manually set min days to 4 as we are used to have it
        cal.setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(4);
        return cal;
    }
}