Get date using Calendar class

Complete source code below will show you, how to get date on local computer in java using Calendar class.



import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Locale;

public class GetDate
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
//Get a calendar using the default time zone and locale.
Calendar currentComputerDate=Calendar.getInstance();

//Print date
System.out.print(currentComputerDate.get(Calendar.DATE));
System.out.print(".");

/*Print month in text representation. For example January is first month.
*Month that will print is in long representation.
*Short representation for January is Jan
*You can try to change Calendar.LONG to Calendar.SHORT
*Local.ROOT is useful constant for the root locale.
*/
System.out.print(currentComputerDate.getDisplayName(Calendar.MONTH,Calendar.LONG,Locale.ROOT));
System.out.print(".");

//Print year
System.out.print(currentComputerDate.get(Calendar.YEAR));
}
}

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