calculate java,Java How to calculate leap year

A leap year is a year containing one additional day (366 days a year). Review the leap year algorithm :

if year is divisible by 400 then

is_leap_year

else if year is divisible by 100 then

not_leap_year

else if year is divisible by 4 then

is_leap_year

else

not_leap_year

P.S Algorithm from wikipedia leap year.

1. Java Leap Year Example

Java example to determine if the given year is a leap year.

DateTimeExample.java

package com.mkyong.utils;

public class DateTimeExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

DateTimeExample obj = new DateTimeExample();

System.out.println("1993 is a leap year : " + obj.isLeapYear(1993));

System.out.println("1996 is a leap year : " + obj.isLeapYear(1996));

System.out.println("2012 is a leap year : " + obj.isLeapYear(2012));

public boolean isLeapYear(int year) {

if ((year % 400 == 0) || ((year % 4 == 0) && (year % 100 != 0))) {

return true;

} else {

return false;

Output

1993 is a leap year : false

1996 is a leap year : true

2012 is a leap year : true

2. GregorianCalendar Example

Alternatively, you can use GregorianCalendar.isLeapYear() API.

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

//...

public boolean isLeapYear(int year) {

GregorianCalendar cal = (

GregorianCalendar) GregorianCalendar.getInstance();

return cal.isLeapYear(year);

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