.setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek()

The .setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method of the Calendar class sets the minimal number of days required in the first week of a year based on the amount of days passed as an argument to the method.

Syntax

calendar.setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(int day)

This method takes only one argument, int day, which is an integer constant representing the number of days which will be set as the minimal days required in the first week of the year.

Example

In the following example, .setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() is used to set the minimal days required in the first week of the year.

import java.util.Calendar;

public class calendarSetMinimalDaysInFirstWeekExample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Create a calendar instance
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

    // Set the minimal days required in the first week
    int day = 2;
    cal.setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(day);

    // Print the minimal number of days required in the first week
    int min = cal.getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek();
    System.out.println("Minimal Days in Week: " + min);
  }

}

The output of the above code will be:

Minimal Days in Week: 2