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javadatesimpledateformatdayofweek

How to retrieve the current day of the week?

How would I get the current day of the week? Can some please help me?

Solution

  • To get a text display of the day of the week you can use:

    DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE");
System.out.println("Today is " + dateFormat.format(new Date()));

    output:

    Today is Sunday