import java.util.Scanner; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Birth{ public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception{ Scanner birth = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("What is your birthdate? dd/MM/yyyy\n"); String input = birth.nextLine(); String sDate1=input; Date date1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy").parse(sDate1); //System.out.println(date1); String strDateFormat = "E"; SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat); strDateFormat = "EEEE"; sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat); System.out.println("You were born on a " + sdf.format(date1)); } }