Final Static Variables In GregorianCalendar

why using the get method(c.get(c.HOUR_OF_DAY)); gives me the correct hour(currently 19) but directly accesing c.HOUR_OF_DAY returns 11 ? It shows In the documentation that HOUR_OF_DAY is public.

import java.util.*;
public class calendar2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new calendar2().timer();
}
private void timer() {
Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance();
//c.clear();
System.out.println(c.get(c.HOUR_OF_DAY));
System.out.println(c.HOUR_OF_DAY);

}
}