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Java Calendar getFirstDayOfWeek() Method with Example

Calendar Class getFirstDayOfWeek() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getFirstDayOfWeek() method of Calendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on January 26, 2020

Calendar Class getFirstDayOfWeek() method

• getFirstDayOfWeek() method is available in java.util package.
• getFirstDayOfWeek() method is used to get the first day of the week of this calendar.
• getFirstDayOfWeek() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getFirstDayOfWeek() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting the first day of the week.

Syntax:

    public int getFirstDayOfWeek();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is int, it returns the first day of the Week of this calendar.

Example:

// Java Program to demonstrate the example of
// int getFirstDayOfWeek() method of Calendar

import java.util.*;

public class GetFirstDayOfWeek {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiating a Calendar object
        Calendar ca = Calendar.getInstance();

        // Display current calendar
        System.out.println("ca: " + ca.getTime());

        // By using getFirstDayOfWeek() method is
        // to return the first day of the week
        int day = ca.getFirstDayOfWeek();

        //Display first day of the week
        System.out.println("ca.getFirstDayOfWeek(): " + day);
    }
}

Output

ca: Sun Jan 26 11:45:15 GMT 2020
ca.getFirstDayOfWeek(): 1