Add or substract days to current date using Java Calendar


/*
  Add or substract days to current date using Java Calendar
  This example shows how to add or substract days in current date and time values
  using Java Calendar class.
*/

import java.util.Calendar;

public class AddDaysToCurrentDate {

 
public static void main(String[] args) {
   
   
//create Calendar instance
   
Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
   
    System.out.println
("Current date : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
                       
+ "-"
                       
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                       
+ "-"
                       
+ now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
   
   
//add days to current date using Calendar.add method
   
now.add(Calendar.DATE,1);

    System.out.println
("date after one day : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
                       
+ "-"
                       
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                       
+ "-"
                       
+ now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
 
   
   
//substract days from current date using Calendar.add method
   
now = Calendar.getInstance();
    now.add
(Calendar.DATE, -10);

    System.out.println
("date before 10 days : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
                       
+ "-"
                       
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                       
+ "-"
                       
+ now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
   
 
}
}

/*
Typical output would be
Current date : 12-25-2007
date after one day : 12-26-2007
date before 10 days : 12-15-2007
*/