Java Utililty Methods Month Get

Returns string representation of a given month in the year

Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2002, month, 1);
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM");
return (formatter.format(cal.getTime()));

int monthInt = -1;
try {
    monthInt = Integer.parseInt(monthNumber);
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
    return "";
if (monthInt < 1 || monthInt > 12) {
    return "";
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String[] months = new java.text.DateFormatSymbols().getMonths();
int lastIndex = months.length - 1;
if ((months[lastIndex] == null) || (months[lastIndex].length() <= 0)) {
    String[] monthStrings = new String[lastIndex];
    System.arraycopy(months, 0, monthStrings, 0, lastIndex);
    return monthStrings;
} else {
    return months;
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SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMM");
Date mydate = formatter.parse(month);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(mydate);
calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, i);
return formatter.format(calendar.getTime());

DateFormatSymbols dfs = new DateFormatSymbols(new Locale("ro"));
String[] months = dfs.getMonths();
if (Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.MONTH) > 0) {
    return months[Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.MONTH) - 1];
} else {
    return months[11];

SimpleDateFormat sdf;
Date time = new Date();
sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");
String date = sdf.format(time);
date = date + "-" + month + "-01 00:00:00.0";
sdf.applyPattern("yyyy-MM");
Date curDate = null;
try {
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String month = "???";
DateFormatSymbols dfs = new DateFormatSymbols(locale);
String[] months = dfs.getShortMonths();
month = months[theMonth % 12];
return month;

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(date);
cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, amount);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
return getStartDate(cal.getTime());

SimpleDateFormat sformat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
try {
    return sformat.parse(yyyymm + "-01");
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
try {
    Date date = sdf.parse(dateStr);
    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    c.setTime(date);
    return sdf.format(getDateOfNextMonth(c).getTime());
} catch (ParseException e) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid date format(yyyy-MM-dd): " + dateStr);
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