Formatting day of week using SimpleDateFormat

/*
  Formatting day of week using SimpleDateFormat
  This example shows how to format day of week using Java SimpleDateFormat class. 
  Day of week can be formatted in either E or EEEE formats.  
*/
 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class FormattingDayOfWeek {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    //create Date object
    Date date = new Date();
 
     //formatting day of week in E format like Sun, Mon etc.
     String strDateFormat = "E";
     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
 
     System.out.println("Current day of week in E format : " + sdf.format(date));
 
     //formatting day of week in EEEE format like Sunday, Monday etc.
     strDateFormat = "EEEE";
     sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
     System.out.println("Current day of week in EEEE format : " + sdf.format(date));
  }
}
 
/*
Typical output would be
Current day of week in E format : Sat
Current day of week in EEEE format : Saturday
*/