Java Calendar Week getDayOfWeek(Calendar date)

Description

Returns the day of week depending if the week starts on sunday or monday.

License

Open Source License

Return

0 for the first day of the week and 6 for the last.

Declaration

public static int getDayOfWeek(Calendar date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  ww.  ja  va2s .c  o m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Stefan Stiller
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    private static int firstDayOfWeek = Calendar.MONDAY;

    /**
     * Returns the day of week depending if the week starts on sunday or monday.
     *
     * @return 0 for the first day of the week and 6 for the last.
     */
    public static int getDayOfWeek(Calendar date) {
        int day = date.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
        if (getFirstDayOfWeek() == Calendar.SUNDAY)
            return day - 1;
        else {
            if (day >= Calendar.MONDAY)
                return day - Calendar.MONDAY;
            else
                return 6;
        }
    }

    public static int getFirstDayOfWeek() {
        return firstDayOfWeek;
    }
}

Related

1. getADayOfWeek(Calendar day, int dayOfWeek)
2. getDateOfLastDayOfWeekInMonth(Calendar calendar, int dayOfWeek)
3. getDayFromPreviousWeek(Calendar requestDate)
4. getDayOfWeek(Calendar c)
5. getDayOfWeek(Calendar cal)
6. getDayOfWeekNumber(Calendar cal)
7. getDayOfWeekString1(Calendar currentDate)
8. getEndOfWeek(Calendar calendar, Date date, int dayStartOfWeek)
9. getFirstDateInMonthForDayOfWeek(Calendar cal, final int dayOfWeek)