Question

How to substract days to current date using Calendar in Java

Answer 1

package javaapplication1;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class JavaApplication1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();

        System.out.println("Today: " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                           + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));

        // substract 1 day from current date
        now.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);

        System.out.println("Yesterday: " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                           + "-"
                           + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
    }
}

/*

run:

Today: 10-15-2016
Yesterday: 10-14-2016

 */

 

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