Sort Month Names

1) Sorting months by natural sort order or alphabetical order or not chronological order.
2) Sorting months by Chronological order.

Solution for Question 1 ::

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

// Natural Order : Month name by Lexicographic order
public class SortSample {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<String> wordList = Arrays.asList( "Feb","Jul",Jan", "Apr","Dec", "Aug", "Oct","May","Sep","Nov", "Jun","Mar");
     
    System.out.println(wordList);
  
    Collections.sort(wordList);
  
    System.out.println(wordList);     
  }
}

Solution for Question 2 ::

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class SortSample1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
   
      List<String> months = Arrays.asList( "Feb", "Jul", "Jan", "Apr", "Dec",       "Aug", "Oct", "May", "Sep", "Nov", "Jun","Mar");
  
      System.out.println(months);
  
      final Comparator<String> dateCompare = new Comparator<String>() {
 
         public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
     
           SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM");
           Date s1 = null;
           Date s2 = null;
           try {
             s1 = s.parse(o1);
             s2 = s.parse(o2);
           } catch (ParseException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
           }
           return s1.compareTo(s2);
         }
      };
  
     Collections.sort(months, dateCompare);
  
     System.out.print(months);
 } 
}