Java Day Name getCurrentDayName()

Description

Get current day name (sunday, ...

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description

Declaration

public static String getCurrentDayName() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w  .  j a  va 2s .c  o  m*/
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 * Eolya licenses this file to you under the 
 * Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
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 *
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import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get current day name (sunday, ... , saturday)
     * 
     * @param 
     * @return
     */
    public static String getCurrentDayName() {
        Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
        int dayOfWeek = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);

        switch (dayOfWeek) {
        case 1:
            return "sunday";
        case 2:
            return "monday";
        case 3:
            return "thursday";
        case 4:
            return "wednesday";
        case 5:
            return "tuesday";
        case 6:
            return "friday";
        case 7:
            return "saturday";
        }
        return "";
    }
}

Related

1. dayName(String dayNumber)
2. dayName(String dayNumber)
3. getDayName()
4. getDayName(int i)
5. getDayName(String code)
6. getDayOfWeekName(int dayOfWeek)