Java.util.Calendar.getMaximum() Method

Description

The java.util.Calendar.getMaximum() method returns the maximum value for the given calendar field.

Declaration

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

public abstract int getMaximum(int field)

Parameters

• field -- the calendar field.

Return Value

The method returns the maximum value for the calendar field entered.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.calendar.getMaximum(field) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class CalendarDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

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

      // return the maximum value for days
      int max = cal.getMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
      System.out.println("Maximum days  :" + max);

      // return the maximum value for months
      max = cal.getMaximum(Calendar.MONTH);
      System.out.println("Maximum months  :" + max);
   }
}

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

Maximum days  :7
Maximum months  :11