How to get localized short day-in-week name (Mo/Tu/We/Th…)

Question

Can I get localized short day-in-week name (Mo/Tu/We/Th/Fr/Sa/Su for English) in Java?

Answer 1

java.time

Update for those using Java 8 and later.

ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles");

Instant instant = Instant.now();

ZonedDateTime zDateTime = instant.atZone(zoneId);

DayOfWeek day = zDateTime.getDayOfWeek();

Show output.

System.out.println(day.getDisplayName(TextStyle.SHORT, Locale.US));
System.out.println(day.getDisplayName(TextStyle.NARROW, Locale.US));

When run. See similar code run live at IdeOne.com.

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