Java.util.Calendar.setTime() Method

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Description

The java.util.Calendar.setTime(Date) method sets Calendar's time with the given Date.

Declaration

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

public final void setTime(Date date)

Parameters

date − the given date

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

NA

Example

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

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

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

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

      // get the current time
      System.out.println("Current time is :" + cal.getTime());

      // create new date and set it
      Date date = new Date(95, 10, 10);
      cal.setTime(date);

      // print the new time
      System.out.println("After setting Time:  " + cal.getTime());
   }
}

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

Current time is :Wed May 02 20:33:17 EEST 2012
After setting Time:  Fri Nov 10 00:00:00 EET 1995