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
*/