LocalDate pattern that shows day as weekday

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I search for a pattern which looks like this: Thu, 11. 05. 1999 So I tried this syntax:

String pattern = "DDD, dd. mm. uuuu";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern);

But it won't work. When trying to format a LocalDate I get java.time.temporal.UnsupportedTemporalTypeException: Unsupported field: MinuteOfHour.

may be this can help -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12575990/calendar-date-to-yyyy-mm-dd-format-in-java I prefer SimpleDateFormatter — bmavus, Dec 30 '17 at 18:22
@bmavus You prefer `SimpleDateFormat`? That class has proven troublesome for years (see how many questions about unexpected `SImpleDateFormat` behaviour there are on Stack Overflow). And it’s long outdated. IMHO the OP is doing very well in using `java.time`, the modern Java date and time API. We all should. Also your link doesn’t seem to explain how to get weekday, as the question title asks. — Ole V.V., Dec 31 '17 at 07:00
LolIPop65, next time plesae be specific about how your code doesn’t work. Specify precisely how the observed outcome is different from the expected. In many situations it will give us a much better basis for helping you. — Ole V.V., Dec 31 '17 at 07:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '17 at 18:34

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A look into the official documentation of Java explaining the format pattern syntax is always good:

So you should try this pattern:

EEE, dd. MM. uuuu

And setting the locale explicitly to English is also a good idea.

answered Dec 30 '17 at 18:34

Meno Hochschild

Nice answer. Upvoted for the recommendation of using an explicit locale. – Ole V.V. Dec 31 '17 at 07:05

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