Java Calendar get(int field) Method

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Description

The Java Calendar get() method returns the value of the given calendar field.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Calendar.get() method

public int get(int field)

Parameters

• field − the given calendar field.

Return Value

The value of the given field.

Exception

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException − if the specified field is out of range

Getting Year, Month and Day from a Current Dated Calendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar get() method. We're creating a Calendar instance of current date. We're getting values of Year, Month and Day and printing them.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a calendar
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

      // get the value of all the calendar date fields.
      System.out.println("Calendar's Year: " + cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
      System.out.println("Calendar's Month: " + cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
      System.out.println("Calendar's Day: " + cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Calendar's Year: 2022
Calendar's Month: 8
Calendar's Day: 23

Getting Year, Month and Day from a Current Dated GregorianCalendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar get() method. We're creating a Calendar instance using GregorianCalendar object. We're getting values of Year, Month and Day and printing them.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

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

      // get the value of all the calendar date fields.
      System.out.println("Calendar's Year: " + cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
      System.out.println("Calendar's Month: " + cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
      System.out.println("Calendar's Day: " + cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Calendar's Year: 2022
Calendar's Month: 8
Calendar's Day: 23

Getting Year, Month and Day from a Given Dated GregorianCalendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar get() method. We're creating a Calendar instance using GregorianCalendar object. We're getting different types of days and printing them.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a calendar
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2015, 8, 15);

      // get the value of all the calendar date fields.
      System.out.println("Calendar's Year: " + cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
      System.out.println("Calendar's Month: " + cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
      System.out.println("Calendar's Day: " + cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Calendar's Year: 2015
Calendar's Month: 8
Calendar's Day: 15