Substract seconds from current time using Calendar add method in Java
Description
The following code shows how to substract seconds from current time using Calendar add method.
Example
/* w w w . jav a 2 s . co m*/
import java.util.Calendar;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println("Current time : " + now.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) + ":"
+ now.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + ":" + now.get(Calendar.SECOND));
now = Calendar.getInstance();
now.add(Calendar.SECOND, -50);
System.out.println("Time before 50 minutes : " + now.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) + ":"
+ now.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + ":" + now.get(Calendar.SECOND)); }
}
The code above generates the following result.