How to add or subtract days in current date and time values using Calendar class. - Java Date Time

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Description

How to add or subtract days in current date and time values using Calendar class.

Demo Code


import java.util.Calendar;
 
public class Main {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
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    System.out.println("Current date : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
                        + "-"
                        + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                        + "-"
                        + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
   
    //add days to current date using Calendar.add method
    now.add(Calendar.DATE,1);
 
    System.out.println("date after one day : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
                        + "-"
                        + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                        + "-"
                        + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
 
   
    //subtract days from current date using Calendar.add method
    now = Calendar.getInstance();
    now.add(Calendar.DATE, -10);
 
    System.out.println("date before 10 days : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
                        + "-"
                        + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
                        + "-"
                        + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
   
  }
}

Result


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