Get Day Number of Week in Java

To get the day of the week, use Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK.

Firstly, declare a calendar object and get the current date and time.

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); System.out.println(calendar.getTime().toString());

Now, fetch the day of the week in an integer variable.

int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);

The following is the final example.

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Calendar; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();       System.out.println(calendar.getTime().toString());       int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);       System.out.println("Day: " + day);       int hour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);       System.out.println("Hour: " + hour);       int minute = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);       System.out.println("Minute: " + minute);    } }

Output

Mon Nov 19 10:11:41 UTC 2018 Day: 2 Hour: 10 Minute: 11