Calendar.getGreatestMinimum(int field) has the following syntax.
public abstract int getGreatestMinimum(int field)
In the following code shows how to use Calendar.getGreatestMinimum(int field) method.
//from w w w. ja va 2 s. co m import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a calendar Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2010, 9, 15); // print the greatest min. for year field int result = cal.getGreatestMinimum(Calendar.YEAR); System.out.println("The minimum is: " + result); } }
The code above generates the following result.