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Java GregorianCalendar isLeapYear() Method with Example

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

GregorianCalendar Class isLeapYear() method

• isLeapYear() method is available in java.util package.
• isLeapYear() method is used to check whether the given year(yy) is a leap year or not.
• isLeapYear() 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.
• isLeapYear() method does not throw an exception at the time of checking leap year.

Syntax:

    public boolean isLeapYear(int yy);

Parameter(s):

• int yy – represents the year(yy) for this GregorianCalendar.

Return value:

The return type of this method is boolean, it returns true when the given year(yy) is a leap year otherwise it returns false.

Example:

// Java program is to demonstrate the example of
// isLeapYear(int yy) method of Calendar

import java.util.*;

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

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

        // By using isLeapYear() method is to 
        // whether GregorianCalendar year is leap year or not
        boolean status = ca.isLeapYear(GregorianCalendar.YEAR);

        //Display status
        System.out.println("ca.isLeapYear(GregorianCalendar.YEAR): " + status);
    }
}

Output

ca.getTime(): Sat Feb 15 12:27:40 GMT 2020
ca.isLeapYear(GregorianCalendar.YEAR): false