Question

When adding 1 year to a Calendar object the first iteration adds zero years, even though it should add 1. Each subsequent call adds 1 year, as it should. For example:

calendarObject.add(Calendar.YEAR,1); //This actually adds nothing    
calendarObject.add(Calendar.YEAR,1); // now it works.

Note: calendarObject has been set to have a year of 1995 with no other properties set.

Answer 1

It just works fine.

import java.util.Calendar;


public class CalTest
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

        cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 1995);
        System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));

        cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, 1);
        System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));

        cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, 1);
        System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
    }
}

output:

1995
1996
1997