Java Date to Year getYearString(Date date)

Description

returns the four digit year as a string or an empty string if the date is null

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Declaration

public static String getYearString(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w  . ja va 2 s  .  co m*/
 *  Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Stichting Akvo (Akvo Foundation)
 *
 *  This file is part of Akvo FLOW.
 *
 *  Akvo FLOW is free software: you can redistribute it and modify it under the terms of
 *  the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 *  either version 3 of the License or any later version.
 *
 *  Akvo FLOW is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 *  See the GNU Affero General Public License included below for more details.
 *
 *  The full license text can also be seen at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html>.
 */

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * returns the four digit year as a string or an empty string if the date is null
     * 
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static String getYearString(Date date) {
        String yearString = "";
        if (date != null) {
            GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
            cal.setTime(date);
            yearString = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "";
        }
        return yearString;
    }
}

Related

1. getYearOfDate(Date date)
2. getYearOfThisYear(Date currentdate)
3. getYearOnlyDate(String year)
4. getYears(java.util.Date date0, java.util.Date date1)
5. getYearStart(Date date)