Substract months from current date using Calendar add method in Java
Description
The following code shows how to substract months from current date using Calendar add method.
Example
/*from www.jav a2 s.c o m*/
import java.util.Calendar;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println("Current date : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "-"
+ now.get(Calendar.DATE) + "-" + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
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));
}
}
The code above generates the following result.