Java check if date is next sunday

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I get a date and want to check if it is the next sunday.I found alot of code with Calendar etc, but I can't find the right code. And I don't really understand how I can know if it is the next sunday from a date.

Thanks for you help

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:13

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Break the problem down:

Get today's date: new Date();
Get the day of the week for today's date.
Advance forward to Sunday
Get that date

answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:13

duffymo

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"Advance forward to Sunday" is non-trivial though – OrangeDog Jul 24 '12 at 14:06
Really? A loop wouldn't do it? Loop over seven days and break out when you hit Sunday. Seems trivial to me. – duffymo Jul 24 '12 at 14:14

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:13

First of, I recommend Joda Time as a much better Date/Time API than Calendar.

As for your processing it breaks down into easy steps:

Construct DateTime objects for the two dates
Check that the target date is a Sunday
Check that the difference between them is between 0 and 7 days

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:12

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If you look for nice Date management, check this out Joda Time

answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:12

alex

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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this might be helpful to you , you can chek by dayOfWeek == Calendar.SUNDAY after adding one day

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answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:14

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 29 '14 at 19:54

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With Lamma Date it's very easy to first obtain next Sunday, then we can use equals check if the date is next Sunday.

    Date today = new Date(2014, 7, 1);  // assume today is 2014-07-01
    Date nextSunday = today.next(DayOfWeek.SUNDAY);     // 2014-07-06

answered Jun 29 '14 at 19:54

Max

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Java check if date is next sunday

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