Get date , month and year from particular date

Question

I want to get the date , month and year from the particular date.

I have used below code :

 String dob = "01/08/1990";

        int month = 0, dd = 0, yer = 0;

        try {

            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
            Date d = sdf.parse(dob);
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            cal.setTime(d);
            month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
            dd = cal.get(Calendar.DATE);
            yer = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

So from the above code i am getting month -0 , yer - 1990 and date - 8

But i want month - 01 , date - 08 and yer - 1990.

I have defined the date format also but i am not getting perfect value from date, month and year.

Calendar.get returns int values - you need Strings. DecimalFormat is the class you're looking for for the `(int)1` -> `"01"` formatting. Also, [`cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)` returns **one less** than expected](http://stackoverflow.com/a/13074613/1667004)! January is 0, February is 1, etc. — ppeterka, Sep 12 '16 at 07:11

Jitesh Prajapati · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-12T07:26:54.760

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Month in calendar will be from 0-11. You have to add +1 in month.

String dob = "01/08/1990";
String month = 0, dd = 0, yer = 0;
try {
     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
     Date d = sdf.parse(dob);
     Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
     cal.setTime(d);
     month = checkDigit(cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1);
     dd = checkDigit(cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
     yer = checkDigit(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));

} catch (Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
}

checkDigit method for adding preceeding zero. checkDigit() method returns String value. if You want to convert in integer then you can do like Integer.parseInt(YOUR_STRING);

// ADDS 0  e.g - 02 instead of 2
    public String checkDigit (int number) {
        return number <= 9 ? "0" + number : String.valueOf(number);
    }

edited Sep 12 '16 at 07:26

answered Sep 12 '16 at 07:21

Jitesh Prajapati

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i have use it like `month = Integer.parseInt(checkDigit(cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)); dd = Integer.parseInt(checkDigit(cal.get(Calendar.DATE))); yer = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);` But i gives me month-1 , date-8. i want month-01 ,date - 08 – Sep 12 '16 at 07:28
Is it possible to use month, day and year as `String` ? Because checkDigit is always returns value with preceding zero if number is less than 10. but may be `Integer.parseInt()` again remove the zero. – Jitesh Prajapati Sep 12 '16 at 07:31

Shadow Droid · Answer 2 · 2016-09-12T07:29:43.390

public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
{
     String dob = "01/08/1990";

    int month = 0, dd = 0, yer = 0;

    try {

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
        Date d = sdf.parse(dob);
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(d);
        month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        dd = cal.get(Calendar.DATE);
        yer = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);

        System.out.println("Month - " + String.format("%02d", (month+1)));
        System.out.println("Day - " + String.format("%02d", dd));
        System.out.println("Year - " + yer);

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Since months in the Calendar are considered from 0-11 so we need to add 1 to it.

I have executed a sample you can check here

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '16 at 07:18

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In java.util.Calendar month is zero based, so it gives you correct values.

Check the constants in the Calendar class:

public final static int JANUARY = 0;
public final static int FEBRUARY = 1;
...
public final static int DECEMBER = 11;

answered Sep 12 '16 at 07:18

Benjamin Kovács

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Get date , month and year from particular date

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