Java Calendar date error

Question

Can anyone please help me understand why I am getting different month values for

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(\"dd/MM/yyyy\");    
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Answer 1

In Calendar class, MONTH start from index 0. So, January is 0, February is 1, and hence September is 8.

P.S.: - That's true that this is an Inconsistency in Calendar class, so I would suggest you to take a look at Joda-Time API to make your life easier while working with date-time data.