The getDayOfWeek() method of LocalDate class in Java gets the day-of-week field, which is an enum DayOfWeek.
Syntax:
public DayOfWeek getDayOfWeek()
Parameter: This method does not accepts any parameter.
Return Value: The function returns the day of the week and not null.
Below programs illustrate the getDayOfWeek() method of LocalDate in Java:
Program 1:
// Program to illustrate the getDayOfWeek() method import java.util.*;import java.time.*; public class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Parses the date LocalDate dt = LocalDate.parse("2018-11-27"); // Prints the day System.out.println(dt.getDayOfWeek()); }} |
Output:
TUESDAY
Program 2:
// Program to illustrate the getDayOfWeek() method import java.util.*;import java.time.*; public class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Parses the date LocalDate dt = LocalDate.parse("2018-01-09"); // Prints the day System.out.println(dt.getDayOfWeek()); }} |
Output:
TUESDAY
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html#getDayOfWeek()
