How to get localized short day-in-week name (Mo/Tu/We/Th...)

Question

Can I get localized short day-in-week name (Mo/Tu/We/Th/Fr/Sa/Su for English) in Java?

Answer 1

The best way is with java.text.DateFormatSymbols

DateFormatSymbols symbols = new DateFormatSymbols(new Locale("it")); // for the current Locale : //   DateFormatSymbols symbols = new DateFormatSymbols();  String[] dayNames = symbols.getShortWeekdays(); for (String s : dayNames) {     System.out.print(s + " "); } // output :  dom lun mar mer gio ven sab  

Answer 2

If standard abbreviations are fine with you, just use Calendar class like this:

myCal.getDisplayName(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, Calendar.SHORT, Locale.US);