Subtracting x days from current date in java
Saturday, 08 November 2008

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Calendar;


public class TestDate {


public TestDate() {

        run()
}

public void run()
{
GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();

// Todays date

System.out.println(gc.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/" +
(gc.get(Calendar.MONTH)+ 1) + "/" +
gc.get(Calendar.YEAR));

// Two days ago

gc.add(Calendar.DATE, -2);

System.out.println(gc.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/" +
(gc.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "/" +
gc.get(Calendar.YEAR));

// take off another 30 Days

gc.add(Calendar.DATE, -30);
System.out.println(gc.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/" +
(gc.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "/" +
gc.get(Calendar.YEAR));


}

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 December 2008 )