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# Java Examples - Displaying month name

## Problem Description:

How to display name of a month in (MMM) format ?

## Solution:

This example shows how to display the current month in the (MMM) format with the help of Calender.getInstance() method of Calender class and fmt.format() method of Formatter class.

    import java.util.Calendar;
    import java.util.Formatter;

    public class MainClass{
       public static void main(String args[]){
          Formatter fmt = new Formatter();
          Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
          fmt = new Formatter();
          fmt.format("%tB %tb %tm", cal, cal, cal);
          System.out.println(fmt);
       }
    }

## Result:

The above code sample will produce the following result.

    October Oct 10

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