Getting the start and the end date of a week using java calendar class

Question

I want to get the last and the first week of a week for a given date. e.g if the date is 12th October 2011 then I need the dates 10th October 2011 (as the starting date of the week) and 16th october 2011 (as the end date of the week) Does anyone know how to get these 2 dates using the calender class (java.util.Calendar) thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Some code how to do it with the Calendar object. I should also mention joda time library as it can help you many of Date/Calendar problems.

Code

public static void main(String[] args) {

    // set the date
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.set(2011, 10 - 1, 12);

    // "calculate" the start date of the week
    Calendar first = (Calendar) cal.clone();
    first.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, 
              first.getFirstDayOfWeek() - first.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK));

    // and add six days to the end date
    Calendar last = (Calendar) first.clone();
    last.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 6);

    // print the result
    SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    System.out.println(df.format(first.getTime()) + " -> " + 
                       df.format(last.getTime()));
}