Java Program To Formatting day of week using SimpleDateFormat

/*
  Formatting day of week using SimpleDateFormat
  This example shows how to format day of week using Java SimpleDateFormat class.
  Day of week can be formatted in either E or EEEE formats.  
*/

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class FormattingDayOfWeek {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    //create Date object
    Date date = new Date();
   
     //formatting day of week in E format like Sun, Mon etc.
     String strDateFormat = "E";
     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
     
     System.out.println("Current day of week in E format : " + sdf.format(date));
     
     //formatting day of week in EEEE format like Sunday, Monday etc.
     strDateFormat = "EEEE";
     sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
     System.out.println("Current day of week in EEEE format : " + sdf.format(date));
  }
}

/*
Typical output would be
Current day of week in E format : Sat
Current day of week in EEEE format : Saturday