day of the week in Java -

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php has built-in function takes data , returns day of week (monday, tuesday, etc.). java have similar function?

import java.util.*;  public class getday {     public static void main(string[] args) {         calendar calendar = new gregoriancalendar();         calendar.set(2011, 1, 9); // 1 = feb  months 0 based remember         system.out.println(calendar.get(calendar.day_of_week));       } }