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Java Calendar getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() Method with Example

Calendar Class getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method of Calendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 01, 2020

Calendar Class getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method

• getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method is available in java.util package.
• getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method is used to return the minimum days needed in the first week of the year.
• getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning minimum days required in the first week.

Syntax:

    public int getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is int, it returns the minimum days needed in first week of the year.

Example:

// Java Program to demonstrate the example of
// int getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method of Calendar

import java.util.*;

public class GetMinimialDaysInFirstWeek {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiating a Calendar object
        Calendar ca = Calendar.getInstance();

        // Display current calendar
        System.out.println("ca: " + ca.getTime());

        // By using getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() method is
        // to return the minimum days required to complete
        // the first week of the year
        int days_req = ca.getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek();

        //Display minimum days required in the first week
        System.out.println("ca.getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(): " + days_req);
    }
}

Output

ca: Mon Jan 27 07:45:16 GMT 2020
ca.getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(): 1