Add or substract months to current date using Java Calendar

/*
Add or substract months to current date using Java Calendar
This example shows how to add or substract months in current date and time values
using Java Calendar class.
*/
import java.util.Calendar;
public class AddMonthsToCurrentDate {
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 months to current date using Calendar.add method
now.add(Calendar.MONTH,10);
System.out.println("date after 10 months : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
+ "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE)
+ "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
//substract months from current date using Calendar.add method
now = Calendar.getInstance();
now.add(Calendar.MONTH, -5);
System.out.println("date before 5 months : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
+ "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE)
+ "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
}
}
/*
Typical output would be
Current date : 12-25-2007
date after 10 months : 10-25-2008
date before 5 months : 7-25-2007
*/