Month getLong() method in Java

The getLong() method is a built-in method of the Month ENUM which is used to get the value of the specified temporal field from this month instance as a long. Syntax:

public long getLong(TemporalField field)

Parameters: This method accepts a single parameter field whose long representation will be returned from this month instance. Return Value: This method returns the value for the specified field as a long. Below programs illustrate the above method: Program 1: Java

import java.time.*;
import java.time.Month;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;

class monthEnum {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a month instance
        Month month = Month.MARCH;

        // Get the value of field
        System.out.println(month.getLong(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
    }
}

Program 2: Java

import java.time.*;
import java.time.Month;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;

class monthEnum {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a month instance
        Month month = Month.DECEMBER;

        // Get the value of field
        System.out.println(month.getLong(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
    }
}

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Month.html#getLong-java.time.temporal.TemporalField-