java.util.Calendar

[luigihs]

Hello I having a hard time to understand this Calendar (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) I want to set my own year, month and day, and this what I did

/**
 * Write a description of class Calendar here.
 * 
 * @author (your name) 
 * @version (a version number or a date)
 */
import java.util.Calendar;
public class Date
{
    private int year;
    private int month;
    private int date;
    private int hourOfDay;
    private DataForma DataForma;
    
      public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a calendar
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

      // print current time
      System.out.println("Current year is :" + cal.getTime());
      }

        public void set(int year,int month,int date) {

    }
     
    

}

Im using BlueJ but everytime that I click on void main(String[] args) it gives me the computer time please can somebody help me Im really new in java and I want to do set my own and date and then display in terminal

[luigihs]

Ah and I dont want this I know how to do it like this way

public static void main(String[] args) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.set(2011, 11, 5, 43, 4); //Enter date here, Year, Month, Day, minute, second
        //the minute and second are optional
        System.out.println("Current year is :" + cal.getTime());

    }

I want to have void form so I can type whatever date I want instead of putting in the code.

[hariharansrc]

You can use calendar setter methods for setting your own date and time. For example,

package cal;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class CalendarTest {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Calendar cal=Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(1991, 12, 17, 12, 56);
System.out.println(cal.getTime());
	}
}

can be used to set the time

[luigihs]

Yeah but is there anyway I cant set up by void method ? so Im not going to my code everytime that I want to change a date??

[hariharansrc]

Why you want another method? can you explain the reason?
If you want to change you can get input date from the user using classes such as Scanner and BufferedReader. Is there any specific reason for not using setter method?