Java LocalDate getMonthValue Method

Introduction

Java getMonthValue() method is used to get the month value of a date. It returns an integer value that represents the month. This method does not take any argument and returns an integer value.

Skills Graph

Import LocalDate class

Import the java.time.LocalDate class in the beginning of the file since it is required to use the getMonthValue() method.

import java.time.LocalDate;

Create a LocalDate object

Create a LocalDate object representing a date of your choice using the of() method. For example, to create a LocalDate object representing February 15, 2015, you would write:

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2015, 02, 15);

Get the month value

Use the getMonthValue() method to get the month value of the LocalDate object.

int month = localDate.getMonthValue();

Print the month value

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

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

Compile and run the program

Compile the program using the following command in the terminal:

javac ~/project/YourFileName.java

Run the program using the following command in the terminal:

java YourFileName

Create another LocalDate object

Create another LocalDate object representing a different date of your choice using the ofYearDay() method. For example, to create a LocalDate object representing April 29, 2020, you would write:

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.ofYearDay(2020, 120);

Get the month value of the new LocalDate object

Use getMonthValue() method to get the month value of the new LocalDate object.

int month = localDate.getMonthValue();

Print the month value

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

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

Summary

In this lab, you learned how to use the Java getMonthValue() method to get the month value of a date. By following the steps, you created a Java file, imported the necessary class, created a LocalDate object, used the getMonthValue() method to get the month value, printed the month value, compiled and ran the program. You also created another LocalDate object, used the getMonthValue() method to get the month value of the new object, and printed the month value.