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    The Calendar class in Java provides methods for converting between dates and calendar fields like month and year. It is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated directly, instead the static getInstance() method must be used to return a Calendar instance based on the current time zone and locale. The Calendar class has methods like get() and add() for retrieving and modifying calendar field values, and getTime() to return a Date object. SimpleDateFormat can be used to parse and format dates to and from strings using customizable patterns.

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    The Calendar class in Java provides methods for converting between dates and calendar fields like month and year. It is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated directly, instead the static getInstance() method must be used to return a Calendar instance based on the current time zone and locale. The Calendar class has methods like get() and add() for retrieving and modifying calendar field values, and getTime() to return a Date object. SimpleDateFormat can be used to parse and format dates to and from strings using customizable patterns.

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    The Calendar class in Java provides methods for converting between dates and calendar fields like month and year. It is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated directly, instead the static getInstance() method must be used to return a Calendar instance based on the current time zone and locale. The Calendar class has methods like get() and add() for retrieving and modifying calendar field values, and getTime() to return a Date object. SimpleDateFormat can be used to parse and format dates to and from strings using customizable patterns.

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    Calendar Class in Java with examples

    Calendar class in Java is an abstract class that provides methods for


    converting date between a specific instant in time and a set of calendar fields
    such as MONTH, YEAR, HOUR, etc. It inherits Object class and implements
    the Comparable, Serializable, Cloneable interfaces.
    As it is an Abstract class, so we cannot use a constructor to create an
    instance. Instead, we will have to use the static method
    Calendar.getInstance() to instantiate and implement a sub-class.
     Calendar.getInstance(): return a Calendar instance based on the
    current time in the default time zone with the default locale.
     Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone zone)
     Calendar.getInstance(Locale aLocale)
     Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone zone, Locale aLocale)
    Locale :- Specific language in a specific COUNTRY
    English :- en
    France- french :-- fr-FR
    Germany de-DE
    China ch-ZN

    import java.util.*;
    public class Calendar1 {
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
            Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
            System.out.println("The Current Date is:" + c.getTime());
        }
    }

    METHOD DESCRIPTION

    It is used to add or subtract the specified amount


    abstract void add(int of time to the given calendar field, based on the
    field, int amount) calendar’s rules.

    It is used to return the value of the given calendar


    field.
    int get(int field)

    It is used to return the maximum value for the


    abstract int given calendar field of this Calendar instance.
    getMaximum(int field)
    METHOD DESCRIPTION

    abstract int It is used to return the minimum value for the given
    getMinimum(int field) calendar field of this Calendar instance.

    It is used to return a Date object representing this


    Date getTime() Calendar’s time value.

    import java.util.*;
    public class Calendar2 {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            // creating Calendar object
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
              
            // Demonstrate Calendar's get()method
            System.out.println("Current Calendar's Year: " +
    calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
            System.out.println("Current Calendar's Day: " +
    calendar.get(Calendar.DATE));
            System.out.println("Current MINUTE: " +
    calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
            System.out.println("Current SECOND: " +
    calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND));
        }
    }

    import java.util.*;
    public class Calendar3 {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            // creating calendar object
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
          
            int max = calendar.getMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
            System.out.println("Maximum number of days in a week: " + max);
              
            max = calendar.getMaximum(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR);
            System.out.println("Maximum number of weeks in a year: " + max);
        }
    }
    public class Calendar5 {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            // creating calendar object
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
            calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -15);
            System.out.println("15 days ago: " + calendar.getTime());
            calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 4);
            System.out.println("4 months later: " + calendar.getTime());
            calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, 2);
            System.out.println("2 years later: " + calendar.getTime());
        }
    }

    Java SimpleDateFormat
    The java.text.SimpleDateFormat class is used to both parse and
    format dates according to a formatting pattern you specify yourself. When
    parsing dates, the Java SimpleDateFormat typically parses the date
    from a Java String. When formatting dates,
    the SimpleDateFormat typically formats a Date object into a String,
    although it can also format the date into a StringBuffer.

    Creating a SimpleDateFormat

    You create a SimpleDateFormat instance like this:

    String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";


    SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

    The pattern parameter passed to
    the SimpleDateFormat constructor is the pattern to use for parsing
    and formatting of dates. The pattern syntax is covered later in this text. The
    pattern is just a regular Java String.

    Formatting Dates

    Once you have created a SimpleDateFormat instance you can


    format dates using its format() method. Here is an example:

    String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";


    SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

    String date = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());


    System.out.println(date); 2021-07-14

    The Date instance passed to the format() method is


    a java.util.Date instance.

    Java Date Format


    The java.text.DateFormat class provides various methods to format and parse date
    and time in java in language independent manner. The DateFormat class is an
    abstract class. java.text.Format is the parent class and java.text.SimpleDateFormat is
    the subclass of java.text.DateFormat class.

    In java, converting date into string is called formatting and vice-versa parsing. In
    other words, formatting means date to string and parsing means string to date.

    import java.text.DateFormat;  
    import java.util.Date;  
    public class DateFormatExample {  
        public static void main(String[] args) {  
            Date currentDate = new Date();  
            System.out.println("Current Date: "+currentDate);   Wed Jul 14 11:52:….
            String dateToStr = DateFormat.getInstance().format(currentDate);  
            System.out.println("Date Format using getInstance(): "+dateToStr);  
        }  
    }

    Java DateFormat Example: String to Date


    Let's see the simple example to convert string into date using java.text.DateFormat
    class.

    import java.text.DateFormat;  
    import java.util.Date;  
    public class DateFormatExample3 {  
        public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {  
            Date d = DateFormat.getDateInstance().parse("31 July, 2021");  
            System.out.println("Date is: "+d);  
        }  
    }  

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