Date/Time part 2

[Rob]

Why is this not returning the right day or month? It gives me 5 when the
rightnow variable gives a 18.

import java.util.Calendar;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Calendar rightnow;
int t;
rightnow = Calendar.getInstance();
t = Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH;
System.out.println(rightnow);
System.out.println(t);
}
}

Output =
java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=1074470212464,areFieldsSet=true,areAllField
sSet=true,lenient=true,zone=java.util.SimpleTimeZo ne[id=America/Denver,offse
t=-25200000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=true,start Year=0,startMode=3,star
tMonth=3,startDay=1,startDayOfWeek=1,startTime=720 0000,startTimeMode=0,endMo
de=2,endMonth=9,endDay=-1,endDayOfWeek=1,endTime=7200000,endTimeMode=0],firs
tDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=2 004,MONTH=0,WEEK_OF_YEAR=4
,WEEK_OF_MONTH=4,DAY_OF_MONTH=18,DAY_OF_YEAR=18,DA Y_OF_WEEK=1,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN
_MONTH=3,AM_PM=1,HOUR=4,HOUR_OF_DAY=16,MINUTE=56,S ECOND=52,MILLISECOND=464,Z
ONE_OFFSET=-25200000,DST_OFFSET=0]
5

[Gregory A. Swarthout]

"Rob" <ta******@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<Fv********************@comcast.com>...

Why is this not returning the right day or month? It gives me 5 when the
rightnow variable gives a 18.

import java.util.Calendar;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Calendar rightnow;
int t;
rightnow = Calendar.getInstance();
t = Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH;
System.out.println(rightnow);
System.out.println(t);
}
}

Output =
java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=1074470212464,areFieldsSet=true,areAllField
sSet=true,lenient=true,zone=java.util.SimpleTimeZo ne[id=America/Denver,offse
t=-25200000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=true,start Year=0,startMode=3,star
tMonth=3,startDay=1,startDayOfWeek=1,startTime=720 0000,startTimeMode=0,endMo
de=2,endMonth=9,endDay=-1,endDayOfWeek=1,endTime=7200000,endTimeMode=0],firs
tDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=2 004,MONTH=0,WEEK_OF_YEAR=4
,WEEK_OF_MONTH=4,DAY_OF_MONTH=18,DAY_OF_YEAR=18,DA Y_OF_WEEK=1,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN
_MONTH=3,AM_PM=1,HOUR=4,HOUR_OF_DAY=16,MINUTE=56,S ECOND=52,MILLISECOND=464,Z
ONE_OFFSET=-25200000,DST_OFFSET=0]
5

Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH is a constant with a value of 5.

Greg

[Ryan Stewart]

"Gregory A. Swarthout" <gr******@xmission.com> wrote in message
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"Rob" <ta******@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:<Fv********************@comcast.com>...

Why is this not returning the right day or month? It gives me 5 when the
rightnow variable gives a 18.

import java.util.Calendar;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Calendar rightnow;
int t;
rightnow = Calendar.getInstance();
t = Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH;
System.out.println(rightnow);
System.out.println(t);
}
}

Output =
java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=1074470212464,areFieldsSet=true,areAllField sSet=true,lenient=true,zone=java.util.SimpleTimeZo ne[id=America/Denver,offse t=-25200000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=true,start Year=0,startMode=3,star tMonth=3,startDay=1,startDayOfWeek=1,startTime=720 0000,startTimeMode=0,endMo de=2,endMonth=9,endDay=-1,endDayOfWeek=1,endTime=7200000,endTimeMode=0],firs tDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=2 004,MONTH=0,WEEK_OF_YEAR=4 ,WEEK_OF_MONTH=4,DAY_OF_MONTH=18,DAY_OF_YEAR=18,DA Y_OF_WEEK=1,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN _MONTH=3,AM_PM=1,HOUR=4,HOUR_OF_DAY=16,MINUTE=56,S ECOND=52,MILLISECOND=464,Z ONE_OFFSET=-25200000,DST_OFFSET=0]
5

Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH is a constant with a value of 5.

Greg

In other words, you didn't ask it to return the right day or month or
anything. You asked it to show the value of Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, which
Greg pointed out has a value of 5. What you're looking for is something
like:
System.out.println(t.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));

I didn't look it up, but I think that's it. Your Calendar object is t. The
get(int something) method of Calendar returns the specified part of the
calendar. You specify which part by using the constants defined in Calendar.