Java Check if Today is Week Day or Weekend Day

Tags: Java Calendar DateUtil

In this Java tutorial, we learn how to check if today is a week day or weekend day in Java programming language.

How to check if today is week day or weekend day in Java

In this first step, we create a new Java class named DateUtil, and implement two methods as below.

  • isTodayWeekDay() method to check if today is a week day or not.
  • isTodayWeekend() method to check if today is a weekend day or not.

DateUtil.java 

import java.util.Calendar;

public class DateUtil {

    /**
     * This method to check if today is a week day or not
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isTodayWeekDay() {
        Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance();
        int dayOfWeek = today.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
        return (dayOfWeek != Calendar.SATURDAY)
                && (dayOfWeek != Calendar.SUNDAY);
    }

    /**
     * This method to check if today is a weekend day or not
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isTodayWeekend() {
        Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance();
        int dayOfWeek = today.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
        return (dayOfWeek == Calendar.SATURDAY)
                || (dayOfWeek == Calendar.SUNDAY);
    }
}

In the following example Java code, we learn how to use the DateUtil class above in the Java program to check if today is a week day or weekend day.

CheckTodayWeekDayAndWeekendExample.java 

import java.util.Date;

public class CheckTodayWeekDayAndWeekendExample {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        // Check if Today is Week Day or Weekend Day
        boolean isWeekDay = DateUtil.isTodayWeekDay();
        boolean isWeekendDat = DateUtil.isTodayWeekend();

        System.out.println("Today: " + new Date());
        System.out.println("Today is week day: " + isWeekDay);
        System.out.println("Today is weekend day: " + isWeekendDat);
    }
}
The output as below. 
Today: Wed Aug 17 23:22:36 ICT 2022
Today is week day: true
Today is weekend day: false

Happy Coding 😊

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