Converting 2015-02-24 into a day in Android?

Question

I'm trying to get the day of the week such as "friday" from a string "2015-02-24" in java but is it possible?

There is a code to convert string, however, I want to get the day string from "2015-02-24". Since, I'm a noob I would be glad to have some tips.

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
String dateInString = "7-Jun-2013";

try {

    Date date = formatter.parse(dateInString);
    System.out.println(date);
    System.out.println(formatter.format(date));

} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

please check the java docs before posting here. It helps a lot :) — Abubakkar, Mar 30 '15 at 06:48
Thank you, But it doesn't teach how to get the day from a String format like "2015-02-24". (yyyy/mm/dd) — Jennifer, Mar 30 '15 at 06:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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You can use the below-

String input_date="2012-08-01";
SimpleDateFormat format1=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date dt1=format1.parse(input_date);
DateFormat format2=new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE"); 
String finalDay=format2.format(dt1);

Reference : Get day from date

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Mar 30 '15 at 06:47

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What I want to do is use this String "2015-02-24". yyyy/mm/dd. Not "dd/MM/yyyy" type of order. – Jennifer Mar 30 '15 at 06:51
Replace "/" to "-". Reverse the order – WISHY Mar 30 '15 at 06:52
Please, refrain from copy-pasting other [answers](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11758013/1237040) or give them due reference at least. – Ravi K Thapliyal Mar 30 '15 at 07:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '15 at 06:48

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Try new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE").format(new Date()); The "EEEE" should make it display the day of the week.

answered Mar 30 '15 at 06:48

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Converting 2015-02-24 into a day in Android?

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