Java Data Type How to - Get Month display name from java.util.Date

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Question

We would like to know how to get Month display name from java.util.Date.

Answer

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    System.out.println(getMonthName(new Date()));
  }

  public static String getMonthName(Date date) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(date);
    LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(0, cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1, 1);
    return localDate.getMonth().name();
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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