java.util.Date and getYear()

Question

I am having the following problem in Java (I see some people are having a similar problem in JavaScript but I\'m using Java)

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Answer 1

Java 8 LocalDate class is another option to get the year from a java.util.Date,

int year = LocalDate.parse(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(date)).getYear();

Another option is,

int year = Integer.parseInt(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy").format(date));