Java - Date

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I'm using 1.1 therefore don't want to use deprecated functions.
I'm not sure I completely undertand the use of Calendat.get(...)

Maybe I'm going re-explain my problem:
     I have a Date object and want to get the DAY OF WEEK
. how do I use the Calendar class to get this day of week ?

A calendar is created and initialized as follows:

//create a Gregorian Calendar
 Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();

//set calendar time with a Date object
 calendar.setTime(now);

//get day of the week
int i=calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);