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Java LocalDate Class | getMonthValue() Method with Example

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

LocalDate Class getMonthValue() method

• getMonthValue() method is available in java.time package.
• getMonthValue() method is used to get the month-of-year field value is an integer from this LocalDate.
• getMonthValue() 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.
• getMonthValue() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting the month of the year.

Syntax:

    public int getMonthValue();

Parameter(s):

• None

Return value:

The return type of this method is int, it returns the month-of-year field value of this LocalDate and the number of months in a year starts from 1 to 12.

Example:

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

import java.time.*;
public class GetMonthValueOfLocalDate {
    public static void main(String args[]) {

        // Instantiates two LocalDate
        LocalDate l_da1 = LocalDate.parse("2007-04-05");
        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 
        // in int for the field month-of-year
        // in this date l_da1
        int get_val = l_da1.getMonthValue();

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

        // Here, this method gets the value 
        // in int for the field month-of-year
        // in this date l_da2
        get_val = l_da2.getMonthValue();

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

Output

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

l_da1.getMonthValue(): 4
l_da2.getMonthValue(): 5