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Calendar class time month not matching

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

System.out.println("Mili->>" + c.getTimeInMillis());

System.out.println("Month  ->>" + Calendar.MONTH);

Though I am getting correct time in millisec format, Month is showing as 2 (March??) Why so?

Below is output

Mili->>1434029840778

Month ->>2

Solution

  • What you want is the following idiom: c.get(Calendar.MONTH).

    Calendar.MONTH per se is just an internal constant and will (hopefully) always return 2.

    Example

    // We're in June at the time of writing
// Months are 0-based so June == 5
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println(Calendar.MONTH);
System.out.println(c.get(Calendar.MONTH));

    Output

    2
5

    See also: API