Java.util.Calendar.set() Method

Description

The java.util.Calendar.set(int field,int value) method sets the given calendar field to the given value.

Declaration

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

public void set(int field,int value)

Parameters

• field − The field to be altered.

• amount − The value to be given to the calendar field.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException − if the specified field is out of range

Example

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

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;

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

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

      // print current year
      System.out.println("Current year is :" + cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));

      // set the year to something else
      cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 1997);

      // print the result
      System.out.println("Altered year is :" + cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
   }
}

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

Current year is :2012
Altered year is :1997

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