Determine if date is weekday/weekend java

Question

I'm trying to make it compare what day of the week it is and if it is a weekend then perform an action(not implemented yet) but if I put in today's date 25/11/2016 or tomorrows which is a Saturday 26/11/2016, it still only prints "WEEKDAY". Its not working and I'm stuck :/

public static void calcDatePrice(String a, boolean b, double c){
    System.out.println("CALC PRICE METHOD: " + a);
    Double price;
    Date d1 = new Date(a);

    Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
    c1.setTime(d1);
    System.out.println(c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK));

    if ((c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY) 
            || (Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK == Calendar.SUNDAY)) {  //or sunday   
    System.out.println("WEEKEND PRICE");
    }else {
    System.out.println("WEEKDAY");
    }
}

you forgot the `c1.get` in your if: `c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY` not `Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK == Calendar.SUNDAY` — OH GOD SPIDERS, Nov 25 '16 at 12:20
Some countries have different weekends. Maybe you find my method to [implement a localized weekend](http://time4j.net/javadoc-en/net/time4j/PlainDate.html#isWeekend-java.util.Locale-) interesting. — Meno Hochschild, Nov 25 '16 at 12:56

score 21 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '16 at 12:27

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In your if statement you forgot the c1.get on sunday. Should be like this:

if (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY || 
    c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY)

Also why do you send in the boolean b and double c? It's never used.

answered Nov 25 '16 at 12:27

Alex Karlsson

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for a method I havent wrote yet, I figured since it isnt even working yet there isnt any point for the calculations to be done – Aidan Moore Nov 25 '16 at 12:33
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Not all countries have Monday-Friday weekdays. For example, Israel is Sunday-Thursday – Chris Watts Mar 12 '19 at 12:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '16 at 12:25

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if ((c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SATURDAY)  || (c1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.SUNDAY)) { 
    System.out.println("WEEKEND PRICE");
} else {
    System.out.println("WEEKDAY");
}

answered Nov 25 '16 at 12:25

Tchopane

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Shekhar Patel · Answer 3 · 2016-11-25T12:58:33.713

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you can use calender.DayofWeek method to find which day it is

Calendar cl = Calendar.getInstance();
c1.setTime(Enter Yor Date);
int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
if(check day value is 5 or 6)
  {
   // Weekend Coding
  }
Else
{
  // Weekday Coding
}

edited Nov 25 '16 at 12:58

answered Nov 25 '16 at 12:28

Shekhar Patel

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Determine if date is weekday/weekend java

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