Java Utililty Methods Year Get

if (date == null) {
    return 0;
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cal.setTime(date);
return cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);

String year = null; 
if (date != null && !date.isEmpty()) {
    final DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.ENGLISH);
    final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH);
    cal.setTime(df.parse(date));
    year = String.valueOf(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
return year;
...

return date.substring(6);

return Integer.toString(year);

return (int) (date / YEAR_OFFSET);

int myYear = -1;
if (isValidObjectModelDate(aDate)) {
    Integer Year = new Integer(aDate.substring(0, 4));
    myYear = Year.intValue();
return myYear;

Date date = apsim.parse(agmipDate);
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(date);
return c.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "";

SimpleDateFormat dtFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
int year = 0;
try {
    calendar.setTime(dtFormat.parse(argDate));
    year = calendar.get((Calendar.YEAR)) - 1;
} catch (ParseException eParse) {
return year;

if (date == null) {
    return null;
String year = null;
if (date.contains(".")) {
    year = date.substring(date.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
} else if (date.contains("-")) {
    year = date.substring(0, date.indexOf('-'));
...

date = deleteSlash(date);
date = deleteDash(date);
return Integer.parseInt(date.substring(0, 4));