why does this program not execute

[eLancaster]

The program below does not run. I don't underdstand why.:(

Date.java

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Date 
{
	Calendar time = Calendar.getInstance();
	
	private int i_day;
	private String day;
	private int date;
	private int i_month;
	private String month;
	private int year;
	
	public Date()
	{
		i_day = time.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
		day = getDay(i_day);
		
		i_month = time.get(Calendar.MONTH);
		month = getMonth(i_month);
		
		date = time.get(Calendar.DATE);
		
		year = time.get(Calendar.YEAR);
	}
	
	
	private String getDay(int day)
	{
		switch(day)
		{
		case 1: {return "Monday";}
		case 2: {return "Tuesday";}
		case 3: {return "Wednesday"; }
		case 4: {return "Thursday"; }
		case 5: {return "Friday"; }
		case 6: {return "Saturday"; }
		case 7: {return "Sunday"; }
		default: {return "NoDay";}
		}
	}
	
	public String getMonth(int month)
	{
		switch(month)
		{
		case 1: return "January";
		case 2: return "February";
		case 3: return "March";
		case 4: return "April";
		case 5: return "May";
		case 6: return "June";
		case 7: return "July";
		case 8: return "August";
		case 9: return "September";
		case 10: return "October";
		case 11: return "November";
		case 12: return "December";
		default: return "NoMonth";
		}
	}
	
	public String printDate()
	{
		return (day+" "+date+" "+"month"+" "+ year);
	}
}

TimeTeller.java

public class TimeTeller {
	public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
		Date today = new Date();
		today.printDate();
	}

}

[doWhile]

Define "does not run". Does it compile? Are there exceptions? Do you expect it to print something out? Add some println statements to make sure it enters and runs the appropriate methods.

[user0]

Hi - in your main method, you are creating a new Data object. And then, you invoke the printDate() method on it. The printDate() method only returns a string, it does not print it. So in your main method, try:

System.out.println(today.printDate());

Best,

[eLancaster]

Thanks User0 - that worked!