Java – how to use the current date as the input of the function to get the month name

How to create a function to get the current date and return the month name?

For example, string MonthName ("September 11, 2013"); When this function is called, the month name is returned

Solution

That should be no problem

It depends on the format of the date If you try February 1, 2011, it will work. Just change the string "mmmm D, yyyy" according to your needs Check whether this has all format modes

Moreover, the month is based on 0, so if you want January to be 1, you only need to return to the first month

private static int getMonth(String date) throws ParseException{  
            Date d = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM d,yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH).parse(date);
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            cal.setTime(d);
            int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
            return month + 1;
    }

If you want a month name, try this

private static String getMonth(String date) throws ParseException{  
    Date d = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM d,Locale.ENGLISH).parse(date);
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(d);
    String monthName = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM").format(cal.getTime());
    return monthName;
}

As I said, check all the format patterns of my published pages If you only need 3 character months, use "MMM" instead of "mmmm"