Calendar problem !!

[Sagar Rohankar]

HI ranchers,

I am trying to set date as ' 30 April 2008' i.e 4/30/08 , but i am getting a date which is a month ahead ??

my code :

  import java.util.*;
import java.text.DateFormat;
 
class ABC
{
public static void main(String sd[])
{
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

c.set(Calendar.DATE, 30);
c.set(Calendar.MONTH, 4); // Here is the problem. The month 4 is expected to be April , but
c.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2008);

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
System.out.println(df.format(c.getTime()));
}
}
  

when i run this , i am expecting to get ' April 30, 2008' , but output is : 'May 30, 2008 '

what`s wrong here ? Any solution ,

Thanks,

Reagrdz,

[Paul Sturrock]

Months are indexed from 0, so April is actually 3. Try using the Calendar constants to avoid this sort of error, e.g.:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

c.set(Calendar.DATE, 30);
c.set(Calendar.MONTH, [B]Calendar.APRIL[/B]); // Here is the problem. The month 4 is expected to be April , but
c.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2008);

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
System.out.println(df.format(c.getTime()));

[Sagar Rohankar]

ohhh , thanks Paul, I ll burn that in my mind !!!