Why are months off by one with Java SimpleDateFormat?

Question

I am using SimpleDateFormat to display a Calendar like this :

public String getDate()
{
    String DATE_FORMAT = \"EEEE, dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss\";
    SimpleDat         


        

Answer 1

the getMonth method in Date is 0 indexed. from the JavaDoc:

Returns a number representing the month that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date object. The value returned is between 0 and 11, with the value 0 representing January.