Java Utility Library

Java Calendar - getActualMinimum() Method

The java.util.Calendar.getActualMinimum() method returns the minimum value that the specified calendar field could have, given the time value of this Calendar.

Syntax

public int getActualMinimum(int field)

Parameters

field Specify the calendar field.

Return Value

Returns the minimum of the given calendar field for the time value of this Calendar.

Exception

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.Calendar.getActualMinimum() method returns the minimum value for the given field for the given time.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a Calendar object with specified date
    Calendar Cal = new GregorianCalendar(2015, 1, 25);

    //printing the Calendar
    System.out.println("The Calendar is: " + Cal.getTime());

    //printing the actual minimum value for day_of_month
    int mon = Cal.getActualMinimum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    System.out.println("Actual Minimum for DAY_OF_MONTH: " + mon);
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

The Calendar is: Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 UTC 2015
Actual Minimum for DAY_OF_MONTH: 1

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