Calendar class « Calendar « Date Calendar « Development

Type	Field	Summary
static int	AM	Indicating the period of the day from midnight to just before noon.
static int	AM_PM	Field number for get and set indicating whether the HOUR is before or after noon.
static int	PM	Indicating the period of the day from noon to just before midnight.

Constants for Date

Type	Field	Summary
static int	DAY_OF_MONTH	For get and set indicating the day of the month.
static int	DAY_OF_WEEK	For get and set indicating the day of the week.
static int	DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH	For get and set indicating the ordinal number of the day of the week within the current month.
static int	DAY_OF_YEAR	For get and set indicating the day number within the current year.
static int	HOUR	For get and set indicating the hour of the morning or afternoon.
static int	HOUR_OF_DAY	For get and set indicating the hour of the day.
static int	DATE	For get and set indicating the day of the month.
static int	ERA	For get and set indicating the era, e.g., AD or BC in the Julian calendar.
static int	MILLISECOND	For get and set indicating the millisecond within the second.
static int	MINUTE	For get and set indicating the minute within the hour.
static int	MONTH	For get and set indicating the month.
static int	SECOND	For get and set indicating the second within the minute.
static int	WEEK_OF_MONTH	For get and set indicating the week number within the current month.
static int	WEEK_OF_YEAR	For get and set indicating the week number within the current year.
static int	YEAR	For get and set indicating the year.

Constants for Month

Type	Field	Summary
static int	JANUARY	first month
static int	FEBRUARY	second month
static int	MARCH	third month
static int	APRIL	fourth month
static int	MAY	fifth month
static int	JUNE	sixth month
static int	JULY	seventh month
static int	AUGUST	eighth month
static int	SEPTEMBER	ninth month
static int	OCTOBER	tenth month
static int	NOVEMBER	eleventh month
static int	DECEMBER	twelfth month
static int	UNDECIMBER	Value of the MONTH field indicating the thirteenth month of the year.

Constants for WeekDay

Type	Field	Summary
static int	MONDAY	Monday.
static int	TUESDAY	Tuesday.
static int	WEDNESDAY	Wednesday.
static int	THURSDAY	Thursday.
static int	FRIDAY	Friday.
static int	SATURDAY	Saturday.
static int	SUNDAY	Sunday.

Constants for display name format

Type	Field	Summary
static int	LONG	For getDisplayName and getDisplayNames indicating a long name, such as "January".
static int	SHORT	For getDisplayName and getDisplayNames indicating a short name, such as "Jan".
static int	ALL_STYLES	For getDisplayNames indicating names in all styles, such as "January" and "Jan".

Constants for Timezone

Type	Field	Summary
static int	DST_OFFSET	Field number for get and set indicating the daylight savings offset in milliseconds.
static int	FIELD_COUNT	The number of distinct fields recognized by get and set.
static int	ZONE_OFFSET	Field number for get and set indicating the raw offset from GMT in milliseconds.

Create new Calendar instance

Return	Method	Summary
static Calendar	getInstance()	Gets a calendar using the default time zone and locale.
static Calendar	getInstance(Locale aLocale)	Gets a calendar using the default time zone and specified locale.
static Calendar	getInstance(TimeZone zone)	Gets a calendar using the specified time zone and default locale.
static Calendar	getInstance(TimeZone zone, Locale aLocale)	Gets a calendar with the specified time zone and locale.

Get field value from Calendar

Type	Method	Summary
int	get(int field)	Returns the value of the given calendar field.
int	getActualMaximum(int field)	Returns the maximum value that the specified calendar field could have, given the time value of this Calendar.
int	getActualMinimum(int field)	Returns the minimum value that the specified calendar field could have, given the time value of this Calendar.
int	getFirstDayOfWeek()	Gets what the first day of the week is; e.g., SUNDAY in the U.S., MONDAY in France.
int	getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek()	Gets what the minimal days required in the first week of the year are; e.g., if the first week is defined as one that contains the first day of the first month of a year, this method returns 1.
Date	getTime()	Returns a Date object representing this Calendar's time value (millisecond offset from the Epoch").
long	getTimeInMillis()	Returns this Calendar's time value in milliseconds.
TimeZone	getTimeZone()	Gets the time zone.

Clear a field or all fields

Type	Method	Summary
void	clear()	Sets all the calendar field values and the time value (millisecond offset from the Epoch) of this Calendar undefined.
void	clear(int field)	Sets the given calendar field value and the time value (millisecond offset from the Epoch) of this Calendar undefined.

Compare to Calendar

Type	Method	Summary
boolean	after(Object when)	Returns whether this Calendar represents a time after the time represented by the specified Object.
boolean	before(Object when)	Returns whether this Calendar represents a time before the time represented by the specified Object.
int	compareTo(Calendar anotherCalendar)	Compares the time values (millisecond offsets from the Epoch) represented by two Calendar objects.
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Compares this Calendar to the specified Object.

Calendar and display name

Type	Metod	Summary
static Locale[]	getAvailableLocales()	Returns an array of all locales for which the getInstance methods of this class can return localized instances.
String	getDisplayName(int field, int style, Locale locale)	Returns the string representation of the calendar field value in the given style and locale.
Map<String,Integer>	getDisplayNames(int field, int style, Locale locale)	Returns a Map containing all names of the calendar field in the given style and locale and their corresponding field values.

Is lenient

Type	Method	Summary
boolean	isLenient()	Tells whether date/time interpretation is to be lenient.

Add/set value to a field and get new calendar value

Type	Method	Summary
void	add(int field, int amount)	Adds or subtracts the specified amount of time to the given calendar field, based on the calendar's rules.
void	roll(int field, int amount)	Adds the specified (signed) amount to the specified calendar field without changing larger fields.
void	set(int field, int value)	Sets the given calendar field to the given value.
void	set(int year, int month, int date)	Sets the values for the calendar fields YEAR, MONTH, and DAY_OF_MONTH.
void	set(int year, int month, int date, int hourOfDay, int minute)	Sets the values for the calendar fields YEAR, MONTH, DAY_OF_MONTH, HOUR_OF_DAY, and MINUTE.
void	set(int year, int month, int date, int hourOfDay, int minute, int second)	Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, DAY_OF_MONTH, HOUR, MINUTE, and SECOND.
void	setFirstDayOfWeek(int value)	Sets what the first day of the week is; e.g., SUNDAY in the U.S., MONDAY in France.
void	setLenient(boolean lenient)	Specifies whether or not date/time interpretation is to be lenient.
void	setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(int value)	Sets what the minimal days required in the first week of the year are; For example, if the first week is defined as one that contains the first day of the first month of a year, call this method with value 1.
void	setTime(Date date)	Sets this Calendar's time with the given Date.
void	setTimeInMillis(long millis)	Sets this Calendar's current time from the given long value.
void	setTimeZone(TimeZone value)	Sets the time zone with the given time zone value.
boolean	isSet(int field)	Determines if the given calendar field has a value set, including cases that the value has been set by internal fields calculations triggered by a get method call.