Java: How do I get the date of x day in a month ( e.g. Third Monday in February 2012)

Question

I am somewhat struggling with this.

I want to setup my Calendar to let\'s say: Third Monday in February 2012. And I didn\'t find any way of doing th

Answer 1

All you need is a loop:

public class CalculateDate {

public static void main( String ... args ) {

    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    c.set( Calendar.YEAR, 2012 );
    c.set( Calendar.MONTH , Calendar.MAY);
    c.set( Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 0 );
    c.add( Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1 );

    System.out.println( c.getTime() );

    int mondaysCount = 0;

    while ( mondaysCount != 4 ) {
        c.add( Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1 );
        if ( c.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK ) == Calendar.MONDAY ) {
            mondaysCount++; 
        }       
    }

    System.out.printf( "The fourth monday of may is %s", c.getTime() );     

}

}