Java: Get month Integer from Date

Question

How do I get the month as an integer from a Date object (java.util.Date)?

Answer 1

java.util.Date date= new Date(); Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.setTime(date); int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH); 

Answer 2

java.time (Java 8)

You can also use the java.time package in Java 8 and convert your java.util.Date object to a java.time.LocalDate object and then just use the getMonthValue() method.

Date date = new Date(); LocalDate localDate = date.toInstant().atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toLocalDate(); int month = localDate.getMonthValue(); 

Note that month values are here given from 1 to 12 contrary to cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) in adarshr's answer which gives values from 0 to 11.

But as Basil Bourque said in the comments, the preferred way is to get a Month enum object with the LocalDate::getMonth method.