Java Calendar getCalendarType() Method

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Description

The Java Calendar getCalendarType() method returns the calendar type of the calendar instance. As per its default implementation, this method returns the class name of the calendar instance.

Declaration

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

public String getCalendarType()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the LDML-defined calendar type or the class name of this Calendar instance.

Exception

NA

Getting Calendar Type of a Calendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar getCalendarType() method. We're creating an instance of a Calendar of current date. Then calendar type is retrieved using getCalendarType() method. We're printing the type thereafter.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
      
      System.out.println("Calendar Type: " + cal.getCalendarType());
   }
}

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

Calendar Type: gregory

Getting Calendar Type of a GregorianCalendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar getCalendarType() method. We're creating an instance of a GregorianCalendar of current date. Then calendar type is retrieved using getCalendarType() method. We're printing the type thereafter.

package com.tutorialspoint;

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

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
      
      System.out.println("Calendar Type: " + cal.getCalendarType());
   }
}

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

Calendar Type: gregory

Getting Calendar Type of a GregorianCalendar Instance of Given Date Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar getCalendarType() method. We're creating an instance of a GregorianCalendar of any random date. Then calendar type is retrieved using getCalendarType() method. We're printing the type thereafter.

package com.tutorialspoint;

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

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2022,11,23);
      
      System.out.println("Calendar Type: " + cal.getCalendarType());
   }
}

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

Calendar Type: gregory