hey yuji chen tt part i already found out bout tt part.THx alot though.Now the part i still couldnt get is extracting the month from a time stamp.e.g: 2004-04-01 00:00:00+08

i need to get the month..in this case will be 4. thx for any help. =]

get the calendar object 1st, and use setTimeInMillis(long millis) to manipulate ur calendar object to the time u want and follow the code i provide in the previous post to get the month.