Uses of Class java.time.Month (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-22

## Uses of Class
java.time.Month

- Packages that use Month
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.time | The main API for dates, times, instants, and durations.
  java.time.zone | Support for time-zones and their rules.

- - ### Uses of Month in java.time

    Methods in java.time that return Month
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Month` | Month.`firstMonthOfQuarter()` Gets the month corresponding to the first month of this quarter.
    `static Month` | Month.`from(TemporalAccessor temporal)` Obtains an instance of `Month` from a temporal object.
    `Month` | YearMonth.`getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year field using the `Month` enum.
    `Month` | MonthDay.`getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year field using the `Month` enum.
    `Month` | LocalDateTime.`getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year field using the `Month` enum.
    `Month` | LocalDate.`getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year field using the `Month` enum.
    `Month` | ZonedDateTime.`getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year field using the `Month` enum.
    `Month` | OffsetDateTime.`getMonth()` Gets the month-of-year field using the `Month` enum.
    `Month` | Month.`minus(long months)` Returns the month-of-year that is the specified number of months before this one.
    `static Month` | Month.`of(int month)` Obtains an instance of `Month` from an `int` value.
    `Month` | Month.`plus(long months)` Returns the month-of-year that is the specified number of quarters after this one.
    `static Month` | Month.`valueOf(String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
    `static Month[]` | Month.`values()` Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

    Methods in java.time with parameters of type Month
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `YearMonth` | Year.`atMonth(Month month)` Combines this year with a month to create a `YearMonth`.
    `static YearMonth` | YearMonth.`of(int year, Month month)` Obtains an instance of `YearMonth` from a year and month.
    `static LocalDate` | LocalDate.`of(int year, Month month, int dayOfMonth)` Obtains an instance of `LocalDate` from a year, month and day.
    `static LocalDateTime` | LocalDateTime.`of(int year, Month month, int dayOfMonth, int hour, int minute)` Obtains an instance of `LocalDateTime` from year, month, day, hour and minute, setting the second and nanosecond to zero.
    `static LocalDateTime` | LocalDateTime.`of(int year, Month month, int dayOfMonth, int hour, int minute, int second)` Obtains an instance of `LocalDateTime` from year, month, day, hour, minute and second, setting the nanosecond to zero.
    `static LocalDateTime` | LocalDateTime.`of(int year, Month month, int dayOfMonth, int hour, int minute, int second, int nanoOfSecond)` Obtains an instance of `LocalDateTime` from year, month, day, hour, minute, second and nanosecond.
    `static MonthDay` | MonthDay.`of(Month month, int dayOfMonth)` Obtains an instance of `MonthDay`.
    `MonthDay` | MonthDay.`with(Month month)` Returns a copy of this `MonthDay` with the month-of-year altered.

  - ### Uses of Month in java.time.zone

    Methods in java.time.zone that return Month
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Month` | ZoneOffsetTransitionRule.`getMonth()` Gets the month of the transition.

    Methods in java.time.zone with parameters of type Month
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static ZoneOffsetTransitionRule` | ZoneOffsetTransitionRule.`of(Month month, int dayOfMonthIndicator, DayOfWeek dayOfWeek, LocalTime time, boolean timeEndOfDay, ZoneOffsetTransitionRule.TimeDefinition timeDefnition, ZoneOffset standardOffset, ZoneOffset offsetBefore, ZoneOffset offsetAfter)` Obtains an instance defining the yearly rule to create transitions between two offsets.

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