Date formatting

[kevin schmidt]

Hi,
I want to display a range of dates like this:
Saturday, October 13, 2001 through Friday, October 19, 2001
Now, as soon as the date changes to the 21st, then it changes to:
Saturday, October 20, 2001 through Friday, October 26, 2001
Is there a simple way of doing this? TIA.
kevin

[Manfred Leonhardt]

Hi Kevin,
Try the following.

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class A
{
  public static void printDates( GregorianCalendar gc )
  {
    GregorianCalendar start = new GregorianCalendar();
    GregorianCalendar stop = new GregorianCalendar();
    //
    // Adjust start to point to Saturday. Assuming Sunday as first day of week.
    //
    start.setTime( gc.getTime() );
    start.set( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, gc.getFirstDayOfWeek()-1 );
    //
    // Adjust stop to point to Friday. Assuming Sunday as first day of week.
    //
    stop.setTime( gc.getTime() );
    stop.set( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, gc.getFirstDayOfWeek()+5 );
    //
    // Print out the results.
    //
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "EEEE, dd MMMMM, yyyy" );
    System.out.println( sdf.format( start.getTime()) + 
                        " to " + 
                        sdf.format( stop.getTime() ) );
  }
  public static void main( String[] args )
  {
    //
    // Start with todays date in a calendar variable.
    //
    GregorianCalendar today = new GregorianCalendar();
    System.out.println( today.getTime() );
    printDates( today );
    //
    // Make it point to last week.
    //
    today.add( Calendar.DATE, -5 );
    System.out.println( today.getTime() );
    printDates( today );
  }
}

Enjoy,
Manfred.

[Margaret Tan]

I try running this program. But this is what i get
prompt -> java A
Mon Oct 22 22:11:14 PDT 2001
Saturday, 27 October, 2001 to Friday, 26 October, 2001
Wed Oct 17 22:11:14 PDT 2001
Saturday, 20 October, 2001 to Friday, 19 October, 2001

the ending friday is one day before the beginning saturday???
What's wrong? Thanks in advance

[kevin schmidt]

Thanks Manfred, I managed to get this program to work. Now to answer your question Margaret. I entered the program exactly as shown on the screen and it worked perfectly for me. Thanks for all the help!!
Kevin