Week Days Format Example

This example shows how to format week days using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to format week day.

Week Days Format Example

This example shows how to format week days using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to format week day.

Week Days Format Example

Week Days Format Example

     

This example shows how to format week days using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to format week day.

Description of the code :

SimpleDateFormat() : SimpleDateFormat class use for formatting and parsing dates. It allows for formatting date into text , parsing text into date and normalization.

format() : This method used for format Date class object into date / time and appends the it into the StringBuffer.

SecondFormat.java


import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class WeekFormat {

  public static void main(String args[]) {

  String s;
  Format formatter;
  Date date = new Date();

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E")// Wed
  s = formatter.format(date);
  System.out.println("Day : " + s);

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE");  // Wednesday
  s = formatter.format(date);
  System.out.println("Day : " + s);
  }
}


Output

Day : Sat
Day : Saturday

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