Month is not printed from a date - Java DateFormat

Question

How to get month from a date in java :

        DateFormat inputDF  = new SimpleDateFormat(\"mm/dd/yy\");
        Date date1 = inputDF.parse(\"9/30/11\");

          


        

Answer 1

mmis for minutes, use MM while specifying format.

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(date1);

int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);// returns month value index starts from 0