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Java Calendar setLenient() Method with Example

Calendar Class setLenient() method: Here, we are going to learn about the setLenient() method of Calendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 02, 2020

Calendar Class setLenient() method

• setLenient() method is available in java.util package.
• setLenient() method is used to set or unset lenient status of date or time interpretations.
• setLenient() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• setLenient() method does not throw an exception at the time of set lenient status.

Syntax:

    public void setLenient(boolean status);

Parameter(s):

• boolean status – represents the lenient status, it sets true when lenient status is on otherwise it sets false indicates lenient status is off.

Return value:

The return type of this method is void, it returns nothing.

Example:

// Java Program to demonstrate the example of
// void setLenient(boolean) method of Calendar

import java.util.*;

public class SetLenient {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiating a Calendar object
        Calendar ca = Calendar.getInstance();

        System.out.println("ca: " + ca.getTime());

        // By using setLenient(boolean) method is to 
        // set the lenient status of the given Calendar
        ca.setLenient(false);

        // By using isLenient() method is to
        // return the lenient status of the calendar
        boolean status = ca.isLenient();

        //Display status
        System.out.println("ca.isLenient(): " + status);
    }
}

Output

ca: Sun Feb 02 08:22:45 GMT 2020
ca.isLenient(): false