Java LocalDate getMonth Method

Introduction

Java's LocalDate class has several methods that help in getting information about the date. One such method is the getMonth() method which is used to get the month of a date. In this lab, you will learn how to use the getMonth() method.

Skills Graph

Set up the project directory

First, create a project directory in the terminal as follows:

mkdir project

Create a Java file

Create a new Java file in the directory you just created as follows:

touch project/DateDemo.java

Import required classes

To use the LocalDate and Month classes, you need to import them at the top of the Java file as follows:

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Month;

Create a LocalDate object

Next, create a LocalDate object using the of() method. This object represents the date for which you want to get the month. In this example, we will use the date 2022/10/31.

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2022, 10, 31);

Call the getMonth() method

Call the getMonth() method on the LocalDate object to get the month of the date.

Month month = localDate.getMonth();

Output the result

Print the month using the System.out.println() method.

System.out.println("Month of date : " + month);

Compile and run the program

Save the file and compile the program using the following command in the terminal:

javac project/DateDemo.java

Then, run the program using the following command:

java -cp project DateDemo

Viewing the output

The program will output the following:

Month of date : OCTOBER

Summary

In this lab, you learned how to use the getMonth() method of the LocalDate class in Java to get the month of a date. You also learned how to create LocalDate objects and output the month obtained from the getMonth() method. This method is useful when you need to extract information from a date or when you want to display the month of a date in a user-friendly way.