What is the difference between DAY_OF_WEEK and DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH.?

[vicky ece]

What is the difference between DAY_OF_WEEK and DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH.?why i am getting different output for the same date...

  public class CalEx {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
		calendar.set(2012,3,8);
		System.out.print("My Uncle  BirthDay is going to be day :" );
	       switch  (calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH)){ 
	       case Calendar.MONDAY : System.out.print("Monday");
	            break;
	        case Calendar.TUESDAY :System.out.print("TuesDay");
	        	break;  
	        case Calendar.WEDNESDAY :System.out.print("WEDNESDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.THURSDAY :System.out.print("THURSDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.FRIDAY : System.out.print("FRIDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.SATURDAY : System.out.print("SATURDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.SUNDAY : System.out.println("SUNDAY");
	        	break;
	        	default : System.out.println("please povide proper date ");
	       } }}

Output is : My Uncle BirthDay is going to be on the day :Monday

 public class CalEx {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
		calendar.set(2012,3,8);
		System.out.print("My Uncle  BirthDay is going to be day :" );
	       switch  (calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)){ // Here is the change
	       case Calendar.MONDAY : System.out.print("Monday");
	            break;
	        case Calendar.TUESDAY :System.out.print("TuesDay");
	        	break;  
	        case Calendar.WEDNESDAY :System.out.print("WEDNESDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.THURSDAY :System.out.print("THURSDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.FRIDAY : System.out.print("FRIDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.SATURDAY : System.out.print("SATURDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.SUNDAY : System.out.println("SUNDAY");
	        	break;
	        	default : System.out.println("please povide proper date ");
	       } }}

Output is : My Uncle BirthDay is going to be on the day :SUNDAY

Why the output varies and the actual date is SUNDAY.. Any idea....

[Greg Brannon]

Have you read the Calendar API? If you're still not sure after reading that, come back and describe your confusion.

[vicky ece]

Greg Brannon wrote:Have you read the Calendar API? If you're still not sure after reading that, come back and describe your confusion.

Thanks for your quick reply i have read Calendar API it is confusing for me , so can you you explain me why i am getting different answer

[Henry Wong]

vicky ece wrote: What is the difference between DAY_OF_WEEK and DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH.?why i am getting different output for the same date...

  public class CalEx {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
		calendar.set(2012,3,8);
		System.out.print("My Uncle  BirthDay is going to be day :" );
	       switch  (calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH)){ 
	       case Calendar.MONDAY : System.out.print("Monday");
	            break;
	        case Calendar.TUESDAY :System.out.print("TuesDay");
	        	break;  
	        case Calendar.WEDNESDAY :System.out.print("WEDNESDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.THURSDAY :System.out.print("THURSDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.FRIDAY : System.out.print("FRIDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.SATURDAY : System.out.print("SATURDAY");
	        	break;
	        case Calendar.SUNDAY : System.out.println("SUNDAY");
	        	break;
	        	default : System.out.println("please povide proper date ");
	       } }}

Output is : My Uncle BirthDay is going to be on the day :Monday

 public class CalEx {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
		calendar.set(2012,3,8);
		System.out.print("My Uncle  BirthDay is going to be day :" );
	       switch  (calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)){ // Here is the change
                 [REST OF CODE SAME]
	       } }}

Output is : My Uncle BirthDay is going to be on the day :SUNDAY

Why the output varies and the actual date is SUNDAY.. Any idea....

I believe you are confusing what DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH actually returns. It didn't return MONDAY. It returned the number 2. So, basically, your uncle's birthday is on a SUNDAY, specifically, the second SUNDAY of the month.

Henry

[vicky ece]

Henry Wong wrote:

vicky ece wrote: What is the difference between DAY_OF_WEEK and DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH.?why i am getting different output for the same date...

So, basically, your uncle's birthday is on a SUNDAY, specifically, the second SUNDAY of the month.

Henry

Thank you sooooo much i got it....