Java LocalDate getMonth() Method

Java getMonth() method is used to get the month of a date. It returns the full name of the month like January, February, etc. For example, we have a date 2012/10/12, then the result would be October.

This method belongs to the LocalDate class which is located in java.time package. The syntax of the example is given below.

Syntax

public Month getMonth()

Parameter

It does not take any parameter.

Return

It returns the month-of-year.

Time for an Example:

Lets take an example to get month name by using the getMonth() method. Here we are getting month of a date, the method returns a month of Month enum.

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Month; 
public class DateDemo {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){  
		
		LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2015, 10, 21);
		System.out.println(localDate);
		Month month = localDate.getMonth();
		System.out.println("Month of date : "+month);
	}
}

2015-10-21
Month of date : OCTOBER

Time for another Example:

Lets take another example in which we are getting month name from a date that does not contain month field, but the month is capable to get month. See the below example.

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Month; 
public class DateDemo {
	
	public static void main(String[] args){  
		
		LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.ofYearDay(2020, 120);
		System.out.println(localDate);
		Month month = localDate.getMonth();
		System.out.println("Month of date : "+month);
	}
}

2020-04-29
Month of date : APRIL

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