Here you can find the source of formatDateMonth(Date d)
public static String formatDateMonth(Date d)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w .j a va 2s. c o m Animal Shelter Manager Copyright(c)2000-2011, R. Rawson-Tetley This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA. Contact me by electronic mail: bobintetley@users.sourceforge.net */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { /** Formats a date to show just the month */ public static String formatDateMonth(Date d) { if (d == null) { return ""; } SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM"); return df.format(d); } }