/*
Add or substract years to current date using Java Calendar
This example shows how to add or substract years in current date and time values
using Java Calendar class.
*/
import java.util.Calendar;
public class AddYearToCurrentDate {
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 year to current date using Calendar.add method
now.add(Calendar.YEAR,1);
System.out.println("date after one year : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
+ "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE)
+ "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
//substract year from current date
now =Calendar.getInstance();
now.add(Calendar.YEAR,-100);
System.out.println("date before 100 years : " + (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 year : 12-25-2008
date before 100 years : 12-25-1907
*/
