为什么我不能在Java中的开关内初始化变量？

我正在尝试编写一个小程序,用于返回任何给定日期输入的特定于周的日期.

import java.util.*;

class bday {
public static void main(String[] args){

    Scanner yearfinder = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Please type any year");
    int year = yearfinder.nextInt();

    Scanner monthfinder = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Please type any month");
    String textmonth = monthfinder.nextLine();
    int month;

    switch(textmonth) {
        case ("january"):
            month = 1;
            break;
        case ("february"):
            month = 2;
            break;
        case ("march"):
            month = 3;
            break;
        case ("april"):
            month = 4;
            break;
        case ("may"):
            month = 5;
            break;
        case ("june"):
            month = 6;
            break;
        case ("july"):
            month = 7;
            break;
        case ("august"):
            month = 8;
            break;
        case ("september"):
            month = 9;
            break;
        case ("october"):
            month = 10;
            break;
        case ("november"):
            month = 11;
            break;
        case ("december"):
            month = 12;
            break;
        default:
            System.out.println("The month you input was invalid");
        }

    Scanner datefinder = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Please type any day");
    int date = datefinder.nextInt();

    System.out.println("The date you gave was " + date + "/" + month + "/" + year);
}
}

    //Jan 1 1900 was a monday.

编译它会给出一个错误,指出“变量月份可能尚未初始化”,同时指向println语句中的“月份”.任何一个案例中的初始化是无效的还是什么？我在交换机外面声明了月份变量…