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Java Calendar toString() Method with Example

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

Calendar Class toString() method

• toString() method is available in java.util package.
• toString() method is used to string denotations of the calendar object.
• toString() 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.
• toString() method does not throw an exception at the time of string representation of this Calendar.

Syntax:

    public String toString();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of this method is String, it returns a string value.

Example:

// Java Program to demonstrate the example of
// String toString() method of Calendar

import java.util.*;

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

        // By using toString() method is to 
        // string representation of the
        // Calendar
        System.out.println("ca.toString(): " + ca.getTime().toString());
    }
}

Output

ca.toString(): Sun Feb 02 09:34:12 GMT 2020