Java Data Type How to - Get year value from Date

Question

We would like to know how to get year value from Date.

Answer

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

  public static Integer getYear(Date date) {
    if (date == null)
      return 0;
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(date);
    return cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
  }

}

The code above generates the following result.