Question

How to get and print the month of year using Calendar in Java

Answer 1

package javaapplication1;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class JavaApplication1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
        
        System.out.println("Today : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                           + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
        
        String[] months = new String[]{
                                    "Jan",
                                    "Feb",
                                    "Mar",
                                    "Apr",
                                    "May",
                                    "Jun",
                                    "Jul",
                                    "Aug",
                                    "Sep",
                                    "Oct",
                                    "Nov",
                                    "Dec"
        };

        System.out.println("Current month: " + months[now.get(Calendar.MONTH)]);
    }
}

/*

run:

Today : 10-18-2016
Current month: Oct

*/

 

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