DateFormatSymbols setShortMonths() Method in Java with Examples
The setShortMonths(String[] newShMonth) Method of DateFormatSymbols class in Java is used to set the short names of the months of the calendar in string format into some different strings. For eg., “Jan” can be changed to “FEB”, “JUN” can be changed to “GEEK” etc.
Syntax:
public void setShortMonths(String[] newShMonth)
Parameters: The method takes one parameter newShMonth which is an array of String type and refers to the new strings that are to be replaced in the existing Months.
Return Values: The method returns the modified names of the months in a string format.
Below programs illustrate the use of setShortMonths() method.
Example 1:
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;
public class DateFormat_Main {
public static void main(String args[])
{
DateFormatSymbols format
= new DateFormatSymbols(
new Locale( "en" , "US" ));
String[] Days = format.getShortMonths();
System.out.println( "Original: " );
for ( int i = 0 ; i < Days.length; i++) {
System.out.println(Days[i] + " " );
}
String[] modDays = { "GEEK" , "FOR" ,
"GEEK" , "DEC" ,
"NOV" , "JAN" ,
"FEB" };
format.setShortMonths(modDays);
String[] modifiedDays
= format.getShortMonths();
System.out.println( "Modified: " );
for ( int i = 0 ; i < modifiedDays.length; i++) {
System.out.println(modifiedDays[i] + " " );
}
}
}
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Output:
Original:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Modified:
GEEK
FOR
GEEK
DEC
NOV
JAN
FEB
Example 2:
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;
public class DateFormat_Main {
public static void main(String args[])
{
DateFormatSymbols format
= new DateFormatSymbols(
new Locale( "en" , "US" ));
String[] Days = format.getShortMonths();
System.out.println( "Original: " );
for ( int i = 0 ; i < Days.length; i++) {
System.out.println(Days[i] + " " );
}
String[] modDays = { "123" , "456" ,
"JAN" , "FEB" ,
"NOV" , "Dec" ,
"May" };
format.setShortMonths(modDays);
String[] modifiedDays
= format.getShortMonths();
System.out.println( "Modified: " );
for ( int i = 0 ; i < modifiedDays.length; i++) {
System.out.println(modifiedDays[i] + " " );
}
}
}
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Output:
Original:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Modified:
123
456
JAN
FEB
NOV
Dec
May
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/DateFormatSymbols.html#setShortMonths-java.lang.String:A-
Last Updated :
03 Jun, 2019
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