pull a year from a Calendar object

[Dorcas Rebanha]

I have a Calendar object called theStartDate. I want to know the year that is in it. I have to compare the year to another year. Looking in in the Java Docs online, I don't find what I need. Okay, it's there but I don't get it.

Thanks for the help.

[Keith Lynn]

Given a Calendar object, there is a method get that accepts an int.

That int is a code for the information you want.

For convenience, there are compile-time constants like Calendar.YEAR that you can use to get the information.

[Dorcas Rebanha]

Ooh, ooh! Calendar.YEAR looks like what I want! Is that an int or a String?

[Keith Lynn]

It is an int.

But Calendar.YEAR does not give you the year of the Calendar.

But if you send it to the get method, the method will return the year of the Calendar.

[Dorcas Rebanha]

So, this would give me the year as an int value, right?

int theYear = theStartDate.get(Calendar.YEAR);

Eclipse tells me the syntax is correct, but I just want to be sure that I am getting a value that I can use. My goal is to compare the year from theStartDate to another year.

I think you have given me what I need. Thank you verrrry much.