Get full fay name from given date

getDayFromDate.java

public class GetDayFromDate {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        Date now = new Date();
 
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("E"); // the day of the week abbreviated
        System.out.println(simpleDateformat.format(now));
 
        simpleDateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE"); // the day of the week spelled out completely
        System.out.println(simpleDateformat.format(now));
 
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTime(now);
        System.out.println(calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)); // the day of the week in numerical format
 
    }
}


// Output
// Wed
// Wednesday
// 4