How can I get Month Name from Calendar?

Question

Is there a oneliner to get the name of the month when we know:

int monthNumber  = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) 

Or what is the easiest way?

Answer 1

You can achieve it using SimpleDateFormat, which is meant to format date and times:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("MMM").format(cal.getTime())); 

Answer 2

String getMonthForInt(int num) {     String month = "wrong";     DateFormatSymbols dfs = new DateFormatSymbols();     String[] months = dfs.getMonths();     if (num >= 0 && num <= 11) {         month = months[num];     }     return month; }