How to get Century from date in Java

Question

How to get current Century from a date in Java?

For example the date \"06/03/2011\" according to format \"MM/dd/yyyy\". How can I get curre

Answer 1

Split it by the slahes, get the first two symbols of the third element in the resulting array, Integer.parseInt it and add 1, that is:

String arr = myDate.split("/");
String shortYear = myDate[2].substring(0, 2);
int century = Integer.parseInt(shortYear) + 1;

(not sure about the substring() syntax off the top of my head)