javadatesimpledateformatdate-formatting

Is there a date format to display the day of the week in java?

I know of date formats such as
"yyyy-mm-dd" -which displays date in format 2011-02-26
"yyyy-MMM-dd"-which displays date in format 2011-FEB-26

to be used in eg:

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                "yyyy/MMM/dd ");

I want a format which would help me display the day of the week like 2011-02-MON or anything. I just want the day of the week to be displayed in characters with the month and the year. Can you tell me of a format like this?

Solution

  • This should display 'Tue':

    new SimpleDateFormat("EEE").format(new Date());

    This should display 'Tuesday':

    new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE").format(new Date());

    This should display 'T':

    new SimpleDateFormat("EEEEE").format(new Date());

    So your specific example would be:

    new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-EEE").format(new Date());