How can I convert an Integer to localized month name in Java?

Question

I get an integer and I need to convert to a month names in various locales:

Example for locale en-us:
1 -> January
2 -> February

Example for locale es-mx:
1 -> Enero
2 -> Febrero

Answer 1

import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
public String getMonth(int month) {
    return new DateFormatSymbols().getMonths()[month-1];
}

Answer 2

How about SimpleDateFormat?

Answer 3

I would use SimpleDateFormat. Someone correct me if there is an easier way to make a monthed calendar though, I do this in code now and I'm not so sure.

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;


public String formatMonth(int month, Locale locale) {
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMMM", locale);
    GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
    calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, month-1);
    return formatter.format(calendar.getTime());
}

Answer 4

Here's how I would do it. I'll leave range checking on the int month up to you.

import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;

public String formatMonth(int month, Locale locale) {
    DateFormatSymbols symbols = new DateFormatSymbols(locale);
    String[] monthNames = symbols.getMonths();
    return monthNames[month - 1];
}