Getting day of the week

Question

With this code, I get the days that make up a given month, but if I want to get if the month starts on a Monday or Tuesday, as I do?

Calendar mycal = new GregorianCalendar(anni, Calendar.FEBRUARY, 1);
int giorni = mycal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); // 28

Try this.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8997228/how-to-get-the-first-day-of-a-month — Sush, Apr 15 '14 at 15:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Try:

int anni = 2014;
Calendar mycal = new GregorianCalendar(anni, Calendar.FEBRUARY, 1);

int dayOfWeek = mycal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
switch (dayOfWeek) {
    case Calendar.SUNDAY:
        break;
    case Calendar.MONDAY:
        break;
    case Calendar.TUESDAY:
        break;
    case Calendar.WEDNESDAY:
        break;
    case Calendar.THURSDAY:
        break;
    case Calendar.FRIDAY:
        break;
    case Calendar.SATURDAY:
        break;
}

Or you can replace each case with values between 1 (Sunday) and 7 (Saturday) since dayOfWeek is an int between 1 and 7.

UPDATE

To get the full name of the day:

String day = DateFormatSymbols.getInstance().getWeekdays()[dayOfWeek];

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Apr 15 '14 at 16:03

letiagoalves

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I did this test, but in the log, I reported that the week has 7 days and the days of the week – user3461181 Apr 15 '14 at 16:47
you misunderstood the result, it gives you 7 because 1 Feb 2014 is Saturday and `Calendar.SATURDAY == 7` – letiagoalves Apr 15 '14 at 17:00
you asked **"I want to get if the month starts on a Monday or Tuesday"**... So your test is saying that month starts with a Saturday – letiagoalves Apr 15 '14 at 17:01
I'm sorry, you're right, but if you want to have the day in text format as I do? I would take days to display adaper – user3461181 Apr 15 '14 at 17:08

Getting day of the week

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