How to print all the Mondays in given month and year in Java?

Problem Description :

Write a program in Java that prints all the Mondays in given month and year. For example in Jan2017 there are 5 Mondays and dates are 02/01/2017, 09/01/2017, 16/01/2017, 23/01/2017, 30/01/2017.

Print Monday's in given month and year

Concept :

If you have read our previous date and time problems then believe me this problem would be piece of cake for you. With the help of Calendar class constants MONTH, YEAR, DAY_OF_MONTH and DAY_OF_WEEK we can easily solve this problem.

Algorithm :

1. Find number of days in given month.
2. Set given month and year in Calendar.
3. Iterate the loop from 1 to number of days ( Step 1 ) times.
4. Set the day of month as current index in Calendar.
5. Check the day, if it is Monday print it else go to Step 3.

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Java Program :

	package com.javamultiplex.datetime;
	import java.text.DateFormat;
	import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
	import java.util.ArrayList;
	import java.util.Arrays;
	import java.util.Calendar;
	import java.util.Date;
	import java.util.List;
	import java.util.Scanner;
	/**
	*
	* @author Rohit Agarwal
	* @category Date and Time Problems
	* @problem Print all mondays of given month and year?
	*
	*/
	public class NumberOfMondaysInMonth {
	/*
	* d -> day of month
	* M -> month of year
	* y -> year
	*/
	private static final String pattern = "dd/MM/yyyy";
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	Scanner input = null;
	try {
	input = new Scanner(System.in);
	System.out.println("Enter month name : ");
	String monthName = input.next();
	String year = null;
	Date date = null;
	String myDate = null;
	List<String> dates = new ArrayList<>();
	DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
	int dayAndMonthNumber[] = new int[2];
	int days = 0, monthNumber = 0, mondays = 0;
	// Converting String to uppercase
	monthName = monthName.toUpperCase();
	System.out.println("Enter Year (yyyy) : ");
	year = input.next();
	if (isValidMonth(monthName) && isValidYear(year)) {
	dayAndMonthNumber = getNumberofDaysAndMonthNumberByMonthName(monthName, year);
	days = dayAndMonthNumber[0];
	monthNumber = dayAndMonthNumber[1];
	// Converting String to int.
	int myYear = Integer.parseInt(year);
	// Creating Calendar class instance.
	Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
	// Adding given month and year in Calendar.
	cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, monthNumber);
	cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, myYear);
	/*
	* Adding all the dates related to given month and year to
	* Calendar. and checking day for each date. If it is Monday
	* then increase the counter and print date.
	*/
	for (int i = 1; i <= days; i++) {
	// Adding day of month in Calendar.
	cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, i);
	/*
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 1 (Sunday)
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 2 (Monday)
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 3 (Tuesday)
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 4 (Wednesday)
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 5 (Thursday)
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 6 (Friday)
	* cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) = 7 (Saturday)
	*/
	if (cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == 2) {
	date = cal.getTime();
	myDate = format.format(date);
	dates.add(myDate);
	mondays++;
	}
	}
	System.out.println("Number of Mondays : " + mondays);
	System.out.println("Dates are as follows :");
	for (int i = 0; i < mondays; i++) {
	System.out.println(dates.get(i));
	}
	} else {
	System.out.println("Month name should be valid and Year should be 4 digit long.");
	}
	} finally {
	if (input != null) {
	input.close();
	}
	}
	}
	private static int[] getNumberofDaysAndMonthNumberByMonthName(String monthName, String year) {
	int dayAndMonthNumber[] = new int[2];
	int days = 0;
	int monthNumber = 0;
	switch (monthName) {
	case "JANUARY":
	case "JAN":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 0;
	break;
	case "FEBRUARY":
	case "FEB":
	if (isLeapYear(year)) {
	days = 29;
	} else {
	days = 28;
	}
	monthNumber = 1;
	break;
	case "MARCH":
	case "MAR":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 2;
	break;
	case "APRIL":
	case "APR":
	days = 30;
	monthNumber = 3;
	break;
	case "MAY":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 4;
	break;
	case "JUNE":
	days = 30;
	monthNumber = 5;
	break;
	case "JULY":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 6;
	break;
	case "AUGUST":
	case "AUG":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 7;
	break;
	case "SEPTEMBER":
	case "SEP":
	days = 30;
	monthNumber = 8;
	break;
	case "OCTOBER":
	case "OCT":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 9;
	break;
	case "NOVEMBER":
	case "NOV":
	days = 30;
	monthNumber = 10;
	break;
	case "DECEMBER":
	case "DEC":
	days = 31;
	monthNumber = 11;
	break;
	}
	dayAndMonthNumber[0] = days;
	dayAndMonthNumber[1] = monthNumber;
	return dayAndMonthNumber;
	}
	private static boolean isLeapYear(String year) {
	boolean result = false;
	// Converting String to int.
	int myYear = Integer.parseInt(year);
	if ((myYear % 4 == 0 && myYear % 100 != 0) || myYear % 400 == 0) {
	result = true;
	}
	return result;
	}
	private static boolean isValidMonth(String monthName) {
	boolean result = false;
	String[] fullMonthNames = { "JANUARY", "FEBRUARY", "MARCH", "APRIL","MAY", "JUNE", "JULY", "AUGUST", "SEPTEMBER", "OCTOBER", "NOVEMBER", "DECEMBER" };
	String[] halfMonthNames = { "JAN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "AUG", "SEP","OCT", "NOV", "DEC" };
	// Converting Array to List
	List<String> fullMonths = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(fullMonthNames));
	List<String> halfMonths = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(halfMonthNames));
	if (fullMonths.contains(monthName) || halfMonths.contains(monthName)) {
	result = true;
	}
	return result;
	}
	private static boolean isValidYear(String year) {
	boolean result = false;
	// Regular expression that matches a String contains 4 digits.
	String pattern = "[0-9]{4}";
	if (year.matches(pattern)) {
	result = true;
	}
	return result;
	}
	}

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Output :

Output - Monday's in given month and year in Java

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References :

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Date.html

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

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Tags : Date and Time Problems, DateFormat, SimpleDateFormat, String, Calendar, if else statement, switch statement, List, ArrayList, Leap Year.

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