code: static boolean hasYearPassed(int year, @NonNull Calendar now) {
          int normalized = normalizeYear(year, now);
          return normalized < now.get(Calendar.YEAR);
      }
docs: Determines whether or not the input year has already passed.
  
  @param year the input year, as a two or four-digit integer
  @param now, the current time
  @return {@code true} if the input year has passed the year of the specified current time
  {@code false} otherwise.