calendar month problem

[John Landon]

Run this code right now:

GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
 System.out.println(calendar.getTime());
 System.out.println(String.valueOf(calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH))));
    

what I get is:
Tue Oct 28 14:48:45 EDT 2008
9

why 9??? it knows it's Oct. Should be 10~!!!
And by the way, is there a way for it to return me values with 0 in front if it's single digit?
Thanks.

[ October 28, 2008: Message edited by: John Landon ]
[ October 28, 2008: Message edited by: John Landon ]

[Paul Clapham]

The designers of Java decided it would be preferable for the months to be numbered starting at zero. (Once you've drunk enough Java kool-aid that sounds perfectly normal.)

As for formatting of dates and times, if you have specific requirements you should use a SimpleDateFormat object. You can display dates in just about any way you like then.

[John Landon]

thanks

[Rob Spoor]

Originally posted by Paul Clapham:
The designers of Java decided it would be preferable for the months to be numbered starting at zero. (Once you've drunk enough Java kool-aid that sounds perfectly normal.)

The very same designers who then let weekdays start at one (Sunday).

[Jesper de Jong]

Note that class Calendar has a set of constants: Calendar.JANUARY, Calendar.FEBRUARY etc. which correspond to the month numbers that Calendar uses (0 to 11). You should use those constants when dealing with class Calendar instead of literal month numbers.

[John Landon]

thanks guys