Take day of week from date

Question

I have problem with my program, in which I have to insert a random date (dd/MM/yyyy) and if the day is Friday or Saturday, it should print out "It's time for party". I insert dates with Friday or Satuday, but it still print's out "You should study". Can somebody help out?

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    String input = scanner.nextLine();
    DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(input, formatter);
    System.out.println(date.getDayOfWeek().name());

    if (date.getDayOfWeek().equals("FRIDAY")) {
        System.out.println("Time for party, because it is: " + date.getDayOfWeek());
    }
    else if (date.getDayOfWeek().equals("SATURDAY"))
        System.out.println("Time for party, because it is: " + date.getDayOfWeek());
    else {
        System.out.println("You should study! It is: " + date.getDayOfWeek());
    }

Answer 1

You should replace string value to enum type DayOfWeek.FRIDAY or DayOfWeek.SATURDAY. As you comparing string with enum.

if (date.getDayOfWeek().equals(DayOfWeek.FRIDAY)) {
                System.out.println("Time for party, because it is: " + date.getDayOfWeek());
            }
            else if (date.getDayOfWeek().equals(DayOfWeek.SATURDAY))
                System.out.println("Time for party, because it is: " + date.getDayOfWeek());
            else {
                System.out.println("You should study! It is: " + date.getDayOfWeek());
            }