.getActualMinimum()

The .getActualMinimum() method returns the minimum value allowed for a given calendar field.

Syntax

min = cal.getActualMinimum(field);

Where myCalendar is a Calendar object, and field is the constant for which the minimum will be returned.

Example

The below example uses .getActualMinimum() to retrieve the minimum value for a year and the minimum value for a month.

import java.util.Calendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

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

    // Return the minimum value that the year field could have
    int a = cal.getActualMinimum(Calendar.YEAR);
    System.out.println("Minimum year: " + a);

    // Return the minimum value that the month field could have
    int i = cal.getActualMinimum(Calendar.MONTH);
    System.out.println("Minimum month: " + i);
  }
}

The output from the snippet above would look like this:

Minimum year: 1
Minimum month: 0