The firstMonthOfQuarter() is a built-in method of the Month ENUM which is used to get the first month corresponding to this quarter. The quarter is defined by dividing the year into 4 groups as:
- Group 1: JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH
- Group 2: APRIL, MAY, JUNE
- Group 3: JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER
- Group 4: OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER
Syntax:
public int firstMonthOfQuarter()
Parameters: This method does not accepts any parameters.
Return Value: This method returns the month corresponding to the first month of this quarter.
Below programs illustrate the above method:
Program 1:
import java.time.*;import java.time.Month;import java.time.temporal.Temporal; class DayOfWeekExample { public static void main(String[] args) { // Set the month to february, 1st Quarter Month month = Month.of(2); // Get the first month of this quarter System.out.println(month.firstMonthOfQuarter()); }} |
Output:
JANUARY
Program 2:
import java.time.*;import java.time.Month;import java.time.temporal.Temporal; class DayOfWeekExample { public static void main(String[] args) { // Set the month to JUNE, 2nd Quarter Month month = Month.of(6); // Get the first month of this quarter System.out.println(month.firstMonthOfQuarter()); }} |
Output:
APRIL
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Month.html#firstMonthOfQuarter–
