Java .getAvailableCalendarTypes()

The .getAvailableCalendarTypes() method is a part of Calendar class. This method is used to get all available calendar types that are in the java.until package. It also returns an unmodified Set. Each calendar type has a different unique way of counting days, months and years. For example, the Japanese calendar would be distinctive from the Gregorian or Hijri calendar.

Syntax

getAvailableCalendarTypes()

Note: The calendar types don’t include aliases, such as “gregorian” for “gregory”

Example

The following example demonstrates the basic use of the method.

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Set;
public class getCalendars {
 public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
 System.out.println(" All available calendar types: ");
 Set set = Calendar.getAvailableCalendarTypes();
 for(Object s:set){
 System.out.println(s);
     }
   }
}

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This code returns the following output:

All available calendar types:
gregory
buddhist
japanese

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