Java Week Day getDayOfWeek(Date date)

Description

Gets the day of the week for the specified date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a Date object

Return

the corresponding day of the week, e.g. "Tuesday"

Declaration

public static String getDayOfWeek(Date date) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the day of the week for the specified date.
     * 
     * @param  date  
     *         a Date object
     * @return  
     *         the corresponding day of the week, e.g. "Tuesday"
     */
    public static String getDayOfWeek(Date date) {
        String dayOfWeek = null;
        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.US);

        c.setTime(date);

        switch (c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)) {
        case Calendar.MONDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Monday";
            break;
        case Calendar.TUESDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Tuesday";
            break;
        case Calendar.WEDNESDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Wednesday";
            break;
        case Calendar.THURSDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Thursday";
            break;
        case Calendar.FRIDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Friday";
            break;
        case Calendar.SATURDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Saturday";
            break;
        case Calendar.SUNDAY:
            dayOfWeek = "Sunday";
            break;
        }

        return dayOfWeek;
    }
}

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