Change Symbol for Date Format

Description

Demo Code

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class DateFormatSymbolsDemo {

    static public void changeWeekDays() {

        Date today;//from   www.j  a v  a2 s .c o  m
        String result;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter;
        DateFormatSymbols symbols;
        String[] defaultDays;
        String[] modifiedDays;

        symbols = new DateFormatSymbols(new Locale("en", "US"));
        defaultDays = symbols.getShortWeekdays();

        for (int i = 0; i < defaultDays.length; i++) {
            System.out.print(defaultDays[i] + "  ");
        }
        System.out.println();

        String[] capitalDays = { "", "SUN", "MON", "TUE", "WED", "THU",
                "FRI", "SAT" };
        symbols.setShortWeekdays(capitalDays);

        modifiedDays = symbols.getShortWeekdays();
        for (int i = 0; i < modifiedDays.length; i++) {
            System.out.print(modifiedDays[i] + "  ");
        }

        System.out.println();
        System.out.println();

        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E", symbols);
        today = new Date();
        result = formatter.format(today);
        System.out.println("Today's day of the week: " + result);
    }

    static public void main(String[] args) {
        changeWeekDays();
    }
}

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Change Symbol for Date Format - Java Date Time

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