Get starting date of week(configurable starting day of week)

Question

I have current date, and a constant which tells from which day the week starts. I want to get the start date of the week based on that constant. If I hardcode the first day

Answer 1

From the java calendar API http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html#getFirstDayOfWeek()

public int getFirstDayOfWeek()
Gets what the first day of the week is; e.g., SUNDAY in the U.S., MONDAY in France.
Returns:
the first day of the week.
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