How to get date of first Wednesday of a month java calendar

Question

How would I get the date of the next first Wednesday of the month using the java calendar class. For example:

Today(24/03/2012) the next first Wednesday will be 04/04/2012
On(05/04/2012) the next first Wednesday will be 02/05/2012

thanks.

Answer 1

LocalDate & DayOfWeek

In Java 8 and later, we can use the java.time classes including LocalDate and TemporalAdjusters, and the DayOfWeek enum. See Tutorial.

LocalDate firstSundayOfNextMonth = 
        LocalDate
              .now()
              .with( TemporalAdjusters.firstDayOfNextMonth() )
              .with( TemporalAdjusters.nextOrSame(DayOfWeek.SUNDAY) );