Java Month Name Get getMonth(String monthName)

Description

Returns the index of month name provided.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
monthName	a parameter

Return

index of month

Declaration

public static int getMonth(String monthName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  ww  w .ja  v  a2  s .  c om*/
     * Returns the index of month name provided.
     * Indexes start from 0. i.e. January -> 0
     * @param monthName
     * @return index of month
     */
    public static int getMonth(String monthName) {
        String[] months = getMonths();
        int month = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < months.length; i++) {
            if (monthName.equals(months[i])) {
                month = i;
            }
        }
        return month;
    }

    /**
     * Returns all months in a string array.
     * Indexes start from 0. i.e. 0 -> January
     * @return months
     */
    public static String[] getMonths() {
        return new DateFormatSymbols().getMonths();
    }
}

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