How the get the current day name using particular date in android?

Question

I have date string 18-2-2012 , from this how to get the current day name i.e., today is "saturday" like this. for tomorrow's date 19-2-2012 and the day name is "sunday".

Answer 1

Use java date formats.

SimpleDateFormat inFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"); Date date = inFormat.parse(input); SimpleDateFormat outFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE"); String goal = outFormat.format(date);  

Answer 2

You can use Calendar

            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();              calendar.setTime(date_your_want_to_know);              String[] days = new String[] { "SUNDAY", "MONDAY", "TUESDAY", "WEDNESDAY", "THURSDAY", "FRIDAY", "SATURDAY" }              String day = days[calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)];