Java Calendar - getFirstDayOfWeek() Method

The java.util.Calendar.getFirstDayOfWeek() method is used to get what the first day of the week is; e.g., SUNDAY in the U.S., MONDAY in France.

Syntax

public int getFirstDayOfWeek()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the first day of the week.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.Calendar.getFirstDayOfWeek() method is used to get the first day of the week.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating Calendar objects
    Calendar Cal1 = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.US);
    Calendar Cal2 = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.FRANCE);

    //printing the first day of the week
    System.out.println("First day in US is :" + Cal1.getFirstDayOfWeek());
    System.out.println("First day in FRANCE is :" + Cal2.getFirstDayOfWeek());
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

First day in US is :1
First day in FRANCE is :2

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