A year-month in the ISO-8601 calendar system, such as 2007-12.

YearMonth is an immutable date-time object that represents the combination of a year and month. Any field that can be derived from a year and month, such as quarter-of-year, can be obtained.

This class does not store or represent a day, time or time-zone. For example, the value "October 2007" can be stored in a YearMonth.

The ISO-8601 calendar system is the modern civil calendar system used today in most of the world. It is equivalent to the proleptic Gregorian calendar system, in which today's rules for leap years are applied for all time. For most applications written today, the ISO-8601 rules are entirely suitable. However, any application that makes use of historical dates, and requires them to be accurate will find the ISO-8601 approach unsuitable.

This is a value-based class; use of identity-sensitive operations (including reference equality (==), identity hash code, or synchronization) on instances of YearMonth may have unpredictable results and should be avoided. The equals method should be used for comparisons.

Obtains the current year-month from the system clock in the default time-zone.

This will query the system clock in the default time-zone to obtain the current year-month.

Using this method will prevent the ability to use an alternate clock for testing because the clock is hard-coded.

Obtains the current year-month from the system clock in the specified time-zone.

This will query the system clock to obtain the current year-month. Specifying the time-zone avoids dependence on the default time-zone.

Using this method will prevent the ability to use an alternate clock for testing because the clock is hard-coded.

Obtains the current year-month from the specified clock.

This will query the specified clock to obtain the current year-month. Using this method allows the use of an alternate clock for testing. The alternate clock may be introduced using dependency injection.

Obtains an instance of YearMonth from a temporal object.

This obtains a year-month based on the specified temporal. A TemporalAccessor represents an arbitrary set of date and time information, which this factory converts to an instance of YearMonth.

The conversion extracts the YEAR and MONTH_OF_YEAR fields. The extraction is only permitted if the temporal object has an ISO chronology, or can be converted to a LocalDate.

This method matches the signature of the functional interface TemporalQuery allowing it to be used as a query via method reference, YearMonth::from.

Obtains an instance of YearMonth from a text string such as 2007-12.

The string must represent a valid year-month. The format must be uuuu-MM. Years outside the range 0000 to 9999 must be prefixed by the plus or minus symbol.

Obtains an instance of YearMonth from a text string using a specific formatter.

The text is parsed using the formatter, returning a year-month.

Checks if the specified field is supported.

This checks if this year-month can be queried for the specified field. If false, then calling the range, get and with(TemporalField, long) methods will throw an exception.

If the field is a ChronoField then the query is implemented here. The supported fields are:

• MONTH_OF_YEAR
• PROLEPTIC_MONTH
• YEAR_OF_ERA
• YEAR
• ERA

If the field is not a ChronoField, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalField.isSupportedBy(TemporalAccessor) passing this as the argument. Whether the field is supported is determined by the field.

Checks if the specified unit is supported.

This checks if the specified unit can be added to, or subtracted from, this year-month. If false, then calling the plus(long, TemporalUnit) and minus methods will throw an exception.

If the unit is a ChronoUnit then the query is implemented here. The supported units are:

• MONTHS
• YEARS
• DECADES
• CENTURIES
• MILLENNIA
• ERAS

If the unit is not a ChronoUnit, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalUnit.isSupportedBy(Temporal) passing this as the argument. Whether the unit is supported is determined by the unit.

Gets the range of valid values for the specified field.

The range object expresses the minimum and maximum valid values for a field. This year-month is used to enhance the accuracy of the returned range. If it is not possible to return the range, because the field is not supported or for some other reason, an exception is thrown.

If the field is a ChronoField then the query is implemented here. The supported fields will return appropriate range instances. All other ChronoField instances will throw an UnsupportedTemporalTypeException.

If the field is not a ChronoField, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalField.rangeRefinedBy(TemporalAccessor) passing this as the argument. Whether the range can be obtained is determined by the field.

Gets the value of the specified field from this year-month as an int.

This queries this year-month for the value of the specified field. The returned value will always be within the valid range of values for the field. If it is not possible to return the value, because the field is not supported or for some other reason, an exception is thrown.

If the field is a ChronoField then the query is implemented here. The supported fields will return valid values based on this year-month, except PROLEPTIC_MONTH which is too large to fit in an int and throw a DateTimeException. All other ChronoField instances will throw an UnsupportedTemporalTypeException.

If the field is not a ChronoField, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalField.getFrom(TemporalAccessor) passing this as the argument. Whether the value can be obtained, and what the value represents, is determined by the field.

Gets the value of the specified field from this year-month as a long.

This queries this year-month for the value of the specified field. If it is not possible to return the value, because the field is not supported or for some other reason, an exception is thrown.

If the field is a ChronoField then the query is implemented here. The supported fields will return valid values based on this year-month. All other ChronoField instances will throw an UnsupportedTemporalTypeException.

If the field is not a ChronoField, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalField.getFrom(TemporalAccessor) passing this as the argument. Whether the value can be obtained, and what the value represents, is determined by the field.

Gets the year field.

This method returns the primitive int value for the year.

The year returned by this method is proleptic as per get(YEAR).

Gets the month-of-year field from 1 to 12.

This method returns the month as an int from 1 to 12. Application code is frequently clearer if the enum Month is used by calling getMonth().

Gets the month-of-year field using the Month enum.

This method returns the enum Month for the month. This avoids confusion as to what int values mean. If you need access to the primitive int value then the enum provides the int value.

Checks if the year is a leap year, according to the ISO proleptic calendar system rules.

This method applies the current rules for leap years across the whole time-line. In general, a year is a leap year if it is divisible by four without remainder. However, years divisible by 100, are not leap years, with the exception of years divisible by 400 which are.

For example, 1904 is a leap year it is divisible by 4. 1900 was not a leap year as it is divisible by 100, however 2000 was a leap year as it is divisible by 400.

The calculation is proleptic - applying the same rules into the far future and far past. This is historically inaccurate, but is correct for the ISO-8601 standard.

Checks if the day-of-month is valid for this year-month.

This method checks whether this year and month and the input day form a valid date.

Returns the length of the month, taking account of the year.

This returns the length of the month in days. For example, a date in January would return 31.

Returns the length of the year.

This returns the length of the year in days, either 365 or 366.

Returns an adjusted copy of this year-month.

This returns a YearMonth, based on this one, with the year-month adjusted. The adjustment takes place using the specified adjuster strategy object. Read the documentation of the adjuster to understand what adjustment will be made.

A simple adjuster might simply set the one of the fields, such as the year field. A more complex adjuster might set the year-month to the next month that Halley's comet will pass the Earth.

The result of this method is obtained by invoking the TemporalAdjuster.adjustInto(Temporal) method on the specified adjuster passing this as the argument.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Returns a copy of this year-month with the specified field set to a new value.

This returns a YearMonth, based on this one, with the value for the specified field changed. This can be used to change any supported field, such as the year or month. If it is not possible to set the value, because the field is not supported or for some other reason, an exception is thrown.

If the field is a ChronoField then the adjustment is implemented here. The supported fields behave as follows:

• MONTH_OF_YEAR - Returns a YearMonth with the specified month-of-year. The year will be unchanged.
• PROLEPTIC_MONTH - Returns a YearMonth with the specified proleptic-month. This completely replaces the year and month of this object.
• YEAR_OF_ERA - Returns a YearMonth with the specified year-of-era The month and era will be unchanged.
• YEAR - Returns a YearMonth with the specified year. The month will be unchanged.
• ERA - Returns a YearMonth with the specified era. The month and year-of-era will be unchanged.

In all cases, if the new value is outside the valid range of values for the field then a DateTimeException will be thrown.

All other ChronoField instances will throw an UnsupportedTemporalTypeException.

If the field is not a ChronoField, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalField.adjustInto(Temporal, long) passing this as the argument. In this case, the field determines whether and how to adjust the instant.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Returns a copy of this YearMonth with the year altered.

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Returns a copy of this YearMonth with the month-of-year altered.

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Returns a copy of this year-month with the specified amount added.

This returns a YearMonth, based on this one, with the specified amount added. The amount is typically Period but may be any other type implementing the TemporalAmount interface.

The calculation is delegated to the amount object by calling TemporalAmount.addTo(Temporal). The amount implementation is free to implement the addition in any way it wishes, however it typically calls back to plus(long, TemporalUnit). Consult the documentation of the amount implementation to determine if it can be successfully added.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Returns a copy of this year-month with the specified amount added.

This returns a YearMonth, based on this one, with the amount in terms of the unit added. If it is not possible to add the amount, because the unit is not supported or for some other reason, an exception is thrown.

If the field is a ChronoUnit then the addition is implemented here. The supported fields behave as follows:

• MONTHS - Returns a YearMonth with the specified number of months added. This is equivalent to plusMonths(long).
• YEARS - Returns a YearMonth with the specified number of years added. This is equivalent to plusYears(long).
• DECADES - Returns a YearMonth with the specified number of decades added. This is equivalent to calling plusYears(long) with the amount multiplied by 10.
• CENTURIES - Returns a YearMonth with the specified number of centuries added. This is equivalent to calling plusYears(long) with the amount multiplied by 100.
• MILLENNIA - Returns a YearMonth with the specified number of millennia added. This is equivalent to calling plusYears(long) with the amount multiplied by 1,000.
• ERAS - Returns a YearMonth with the specified number of eras added. Only two eras are supported so the amount must be one, zero or minus one. If the amount is non-zero then the year is changed such that the year-of-era is unchanged.

All other ChronoUnit instances will throw an UnsupportedTemporalTypeException.

If the field is not a ChronoUnit, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalUnit.addTo(Temporal, long) passing this as the argument. In this case, the unit determines whether and how to perform the addition.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Returns a copy of this YearMonth with the specified number of years added.

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Returns a copy of this YearMonth with the specified number of months added.

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Returns a copy of this year-month with the specified amount subtracted.

This returns a YearMonth, based on this one, with the specified amount subtracted. The amount is typically Period but may be any other type implementing the TemporalAmount interface.

The calculation is delegated to the amount object by calling TemporalAmount.subtractFrom(Temporal). The amount implementation is free to implement the subtraction in any way it wishes, however it typically calls back to minus(long, TemporalUnit). Consult the documentation of the amount implementation to determine if it can be successfully subtracted.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Returns a copy of this year-month with the specified amount subtracted.

This returns a YearMonth, based on this one, with the amount in terms of the unit subtracted. If it is not possible to subtract the amount, because the unit is not supported or for some other reason, an exception is thrown.

This method is equivalent to plus(long, TemporalUnit) with the amount negated. See that method for a full description of how addition, and thus subtraction, works.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Returns a copy of this YearMonth with the specified number of years subtracted.

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Returns a copy of this YearMonth with the specified number of months subtracted.

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Queries this year-month using the specified query.

This queries this year-month using the specified query strategy object. The TemporalQuery object defines the logic to be used to obtain the result. Read the documentation of the query to understand what the result of this method will be.

The result of this method is obtained by invoking the TemporalQuery.queryFrom(TemporalAccessor) method on the specified query passing this as the argument.

Adjusts the specified temporal object to have this year-month.

This returns a temporal object of the same observable type as the input with the year and month changed to be the same as this.

The adjustment is equivalent to using Temporal.with(TemporalField, long) passing ChronoField.PROLEPTIC_MONTH as the field. If the specified temporal object does not use the ISO calendar system then a DateTimeException is thrown.

In most cases, it is clearer to reverse the calling pattern by using Temporal.with(TemporalAdjuster):

// these two lines are equivalent, but the second approach is recommended
   temporal = thisYearMonth.adjustInto(temporal);
   temporal = temporal.with(thisYearMonth);

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Calculates the amount of time until another year-month in terms of the specified unit.

This calculates the amount of time between two YearMonth objects in terms of a single TemporalUnit. The start and end points are this and the specified year-month. The result will be negative if the end is before the start. The Temporal passed to this method is converted to a YearMonth using from(TemporalAccessor). For example, the amount in years between two year-months can be calculated using startYearMonth.until(endYearMonth, YEARS).

The calculation returns a whole number, representing the number of complete units between the two year-months. For example, the amount in decades between 2012-06 and 2032-05 will only be one decade as it is one month short of two decades.

There are two equivalent ways of using this method. The first is to invoke this method. The second is to use TemporalUnit.between(Temporal, Temporal):

// these two lines are equivalent
   amount = start.until(end, MONTHS);
   amount = MONTHS.between(start, end);

The calculation is implemented in this method for ChronoUnit. The units MONTHS, YEARS, DECADES, CENTURIES, MILLENNIA and ERAS are supported. Other ChronoUnit values will throw an exception.

If the unit is not a ChronoUnit, then the result of this method is obtained by invoking TemporalUnit.between(Temporal, Temporal) passing this as the first argument and the converted input temporal as the second argument.

This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Formats this year-month using the specified formatter.

This year-month will be passed to the formatter to produce a string.

Combines this year-month with a day-of-month to create a LocalDate.

This returns a LocalDate formed from this year-month and the specified day-of-month.

The day-of-month value must be valid for the year-month.

This method can be used as part of a chain to produce a date:

LocalDate date = year.atMonth(month).atDay(day);

Returns a LocalDate at the end of the month.

This returns a LocalDate based on this year-month. The day-of-month is set to the last valid day of the month, taking into account leap years.

This method can be used as part of a chain to produce a date:

LocalDate date = year.atMonth(month).atEndOfMonth();

Compares this year-month to another year-month.

The comparison is based first on the value of the year, then on the value of the month. It is "consistent with equals", as defined by Comparable.

Checks if this year-month is equal to another year-month.

The comparison is based on the time-line position of the year-months.

Outputs this year-month as a String, such as 2007-12.

The output will be in the format uuuu-MM: