title: get Year from java.util.Date
body: <p>I have a date column in a Cassandra column family. When I retrieve data from this CF using datastax java API, this date object can be taken as a <code>java.util.Date</code> object.</p>
  
  <p>It has a <code>getYear()</code> method but it is deprecated. The corresponding javadoc says:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1900.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can I get the year, month, day attributes from this date object properly?</p>