Month getDisplayName() method in Java

The getDisplayName() method is a built-in method of the Month ENUM which is used to get the textual representation of the month-of-year specified by this Month instance.

Syntax:

public String getDisplayName(TextStyle style,
                             Locale locale)

Parameters: This method accepts two parameters as described below:

• style: This parameter specifies the style or the length of the text to be use, i.e., short, long etc.
• locale: This parameter specified the locale to be used.

Return Value: This method returns the textual representation of the month specified by this Month instance.

Below programs illustrate the above method:

Program 1:

import java.time.*;
import java.time.Month;
import java.time.format.TextStyle;
import java.util.Locale;

class monthEnum {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a month instance
        Month month = Month.of(3);

        // Generate textual representation
        System.out.println(month.getDisplayName(TextStyle.SHORT,
                                                Locale.ENGLISH));
    }
}

Output:

Mar

Program 2:

import java.time.*;
import java.time.Month;
import java.time.format.TextStyle;
import java.util.Locale;

class monthEnum {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a month instance
        Month month = Month.of(12);

        // Generate textual representation
        System.out.println(month.getDisplayName(TextStyle.SHORT,
                                                Locale.ENGLISH));
    }
}

Output:

Dec

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Month.html#getDisplayName-java.time.format.TextStyle-java.util.Locale-