Syntax error Java Program to display date with day name in short format

Java Program to display date with day name in short format

Firstly, set the format with SimpleDateFormat class

Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");

Above, the “EEE” is set to display the name of the day i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.

Now, to display the date −

String res = dateFormat.format(new Date());

The following is an example −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class Demo {
   public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
      Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");
      String res = dateFormat.format(new Date());
      System.out.println("Date = " + res);
   }
}

Output

Date = Thu, 22/11/2018
Updated on: 2020-06-27T13:20:44+05:30

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