In Scala - How to get the day of the week?

Question

Suppose my date format is 21/05/2017 then the output will be SUN.

How can I get the day given a date?

Answer 1

    import java.time.LocalDate
    import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter

    val df = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy")
    val dayOfWeek = LocalDate.parse("21/05/2017",df).getDayOfWeek