Using the Calendar Object

Question

I have code as follows
String strBeginDate =  '12-02-2014'
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("mm-dd-yyyy"); 
Date dtBeginDate = (Date) formatter.parse(strBeginDate);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();   
cal.setTime(dtBeginDate);
System.out.println("Calendar's Year: " + cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
System.out.println("Calendar's Month: " + cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
System.out.println("Calendar's Day: " + cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
Result:
Calendar's Year: 2014
Calendar's Month: 0
Calendar's Day: 2
Why is the month shown as '0' instead of '12' ? What should be done to retain the value of 12?

Answer 1

Hi
the problem is with the parsing. Try this : new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy"); The Big M is per definition the Month of the year.
Nevertheless you will get 11 and not 12 because the first month, January is 0 and not 1
public static final int MONTH
Field number for get and set indicating the month. This is a calendar-specific value. The first month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars is JANUARY which is 0; the last depends on the number of months in a year.
best regards, Nicolas