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Java GregorianCalendar getMinimum() Method with Example

GregorianCalendar Class getMinimum() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getMinimum() method of GregorianCalendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 15, 2020

GregorianCalendar Class getMinimum() method

• getMinimum() method is available in java.util package.
• getMinimum() method is used to get the minimum value of the specified calendar field of this GregorianCalendar object.
• getMinimum() method is a non-static method, so 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.
• getMinimum() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting minimum value of the given calendar field (fi).

Syntax:

    public int getMinimum(int fi);

Parameter(s):

• int fi – represents the calendar field.

Return value:

The return type of this method is int, it gets the minimum value for the given field (fi).

Example:

// Java program is to demonstrate the example
// of int getMinimum() method of GregorianCalendar.

import java.util.*;

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

        // Display current GregorianCalendar
        System.out.println("ca: " + ca.getTime());

        // By using getMinimum(int fi) method is
        // to return the minimum value of the given field
        int min = ca.getMinimum(GregorianCalendar.MONTH);

        // Display minimum value of the month
        System.out.println("ca.getMinimum(GregorianCalendar.MONTH): " + min);
    }
}

Output

ca: Sat Feb 15 11:44:16 GMT 2020
ca.getMinimum(GregorianCalendar.MONTH): 0