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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