get the date of next Monday

[ben oliver]

In Java, is there a way I can get the "date" value of NEXT Monday 9AM ?

For example, if now is Tuesday I want next Monday's 9Am DATE, if now is Monday 9:05AM I still want next Monday's 9AM DATE; if now is 8:55AM MOnday, then it should give me today's 9AM.

I don't see such API. Any help will be appreciated.

[Paul Clapham]

There isn't any API that has that exact method built into it. But you could certainly use java.util.Calendar to do the calculation.

[Rob Spoor]

For most date/time calculations, java.util.Calendar is your friend.

Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
int weekday = now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
if (weekday != Calendar.MONDAY)
{
    // calculate how much to add
    // the 2 is the difference between Saturday and Monday
    int days = (Calendar.SATURDAY - weekday + 2) % 7;
    now.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, days);
}
// now is the date you want
Date date = now.getTime();
String format = new SimpleDateFormat(...).format(date);

The last two lines show you how to get a Date object or String from the Calendar.