java.lang.Object | +----java.util.Calendar | +----java.util.GregorianCalendar
public class GregorianCalendar
extends Calendar
GregorianCalendar is a concrete subclass of Calendar and provides the standard calendar used by most of the world.
The standard (Gregorian) calendar has 2 eras, BC and AD.
This implementation handles a single discontinuity, which corresponds by default to the date the Gregorian calendar was instituted (October 15, 1582 in some countries, later in others). This cutover date may be changed by the caller.
Prior to the institution of the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day was March 25. To avoid confusion, this calendar always uses January 1. A manual adjustment may be made if desired for dates that are prior to the Gregorian changeover and which fall between January 1 and March 24.
Example:
// get the supported ids for GMT-08:00 (Pacific Standard Time) String[] ids = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs(-8 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // if no ids were returned, something is wrong. get out. if (ids.length == 0) System.exit(0); // begin output System.out.println("Current Time"); // create a Pacific Standard Time time zone SimpleTimeZone pdt = new SimpleTimeZone(-8 * 60 * 60 * 1000, ids[0]); // set up rules for daylight savings time pdt.setStartRule(Calendar.APRIL, 1, Calendar.SUNDAY, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000); pdt.setEndRule(Calendar.OCTOBER, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // create a GregorianCalendar with the Pacific Daylight time zone // and the current date and time Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(pdt); Date trialTime = new Date(); calendar.setTime(trialTime); // print out a bunch of interesting things System.out.println("ERA: " + calendar.get(Calendar.ERA)); System.out.println("YEAR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR)); System.out.println("MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH)); System.out.println("WEEK_OF_YEAR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR)); System.out.println("WEEK_OF_MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH)); System.out.println("DATE: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DATE)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_YEAR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_WEEK: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH)); System.out.println("AM_PM: " + calendar.get(Calendar.AM_PM)); System.out.println("HOUR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR)); System.out.println("HOUR_OF_DAY: " + calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)); System.out.println("MINUTE: " + calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE)); System.out.println("SECOND: " + calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND)); System.out.println("MILLISECOND: " + calendar.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND)); System.out.println("ZONE_OFFSET: " + (calendar.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET)/(60*60*1000))); System.out.println("DST_OFFSET: " + (calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)/(60*60*1000))); System.out.println("Current Time, with hour reset to 3"); calendar.clear(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY); // so doesn't override calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, 3); System.out.println("ERA: " + calendar.get(Calendar.ERA)); System.out.println("YEAR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR)); System.out.println("MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH)); System.out.println("WEEK_OF_YEAR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR)); System.out.println("WEEK_OF_MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH)); System.out.println("DATE: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DATE)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_YEAR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_WEEK: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)); System.out.println("DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH: " + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH)); System.out.println("AM_PM: " + calendar.get(Calendar.AM_PM)); System.out.println("HOUR: " + calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR)); System.out.println("HOUR_OF_DAY: " + calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)); System.out.println("MINUTE: " + calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE)); System.out.println("SECOND: " + calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND)); System.out.println("MILLISECOND: " + calendar.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND)); System.out.println("ZONE_OFFSET: " + (calendar.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET)/(60*60*1000))); // in hours System.out.println("DST_OFFSET: " + (calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)/(60*60*1000))); // in hours