/*
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
*/
