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Java LocalDate Class | getMonth() Method with Example

LocalDate Class getMonth() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getMonth() method of LocalDate Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 30, 2020

LocalDate Class getMonth() method

• getMonth() method is available in java.time package.
• getMonth() method is used to get the field value month-of-year based on the Month enum.
• getMonth() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getMonth() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting the month of the year.

Syntax:

    public Month getMonth();

Parameter(s):

• None

Return value:

The return type of this method is Month, it returns the value of the month-of-year field.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of getMonth() method of LocalDate

import java.time.*;

public class GetMonthOfLocalDate {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates two LocalDate
        LocalDate l_da1 = LocalDate.parse("2007-04-04");
        LocalDate l_da2 = LocalDate.now();

        // Display l_da1,l_da2
        System.out.println("LocalDate l_da1 and l_da2: ");
        System.out.println("l_da1: " + l_da1);
        System.out.println("l_da2: " + l_da2);

        System.out.println();

        // Here, this method gets the 
        // value for the field month-of-year
        // by using the Month enum from this
        // date l_da1
        Month get_val = l_da1.getMonth();

        // Display get_val
        System.out.println("l_da1.getMonth(): " + get_val);

        // Here, this method gets the
        // value for the field month-of-year
        // by using the Month enum from this
        // date l_da2
        get_val = l_da2.getMonth();

        // Display get_val
        System.out.println("l_da2.getMonth(): " + get_val);
    }
}

Output

LocalDate l_da1 and l_da2: 
l_da1: 2007-04-04
l_da2: 2020-05-30

l_da1.getMonth(): APRIL
l_da2.getMonth(): MAY