Month get() method in Java

The get() method is a built-in method of the Month ENUM which is used to get the corresponding integral value of the month-of-year values specified by this Month instance.

Syntax:

public int get(TemporalField field)

Parameters: This method accepts a single parameter which is a temporal object and cannot be NULL.

Return Value: This method returns an integer corresponding to the field as specified by this Month instance.

Exception: The method throws the following exceptions.

• DateTimeException: It throws a DateTimeException if the value is outside the range of valid values.
• ArithmeticException: It throws an ArithmeticException is any numeric overflow occurs.

Below programs illustrate the above method:

Program 1:

import java.time.*;
import java.time.Month;
import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;

class monthEnum {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a month instance
        Month month = Month.MARCH;

        // Get corresponding Integer
        System.out.println(month.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
    }
}

Output:

3

Program 2:

import java.time.*;
import java.time.Month;
import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;

class monthEnum {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a month instance
        Month month = Month.NOVEMBER;

        // Get corresponding Integer
        System.out.println(month.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
    }
}

Output:

11

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Month.html#get-java.time.temporal.TemporalField-