How to display name of the months in short format?
Solution:
This example displays the names of the months in short form with the help of DateFormatSymbols().getShortMonths() method of DateFormatSymbols class.
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] shortMonths = new DateFormatSymbols()
.getShortMonths();
for (int i = 0; i < (shortMonths.length-1); i++) {
String shortMonth = shortMonths[i];
System.out.println("shortMonth = " + shortMonth);
}
}
}
Result:
The above code sample will produce the following result.
shortMonth = Jan
shortMonth = Feb
shortMonth = Mar
shortMonth = Apr
shortMonth = May
shortMonth = Jun
shortMonth = Jul
shortMonth = Aug
shortMonth = Sep
shortMonth = Oct
shortMonth = Nov
shortMonth = Dec