Increment a Month using the Calendar Class in Java

Import the following package for Calendar class in Java

import java.util.Calendar;

Firstly, create a Calendar object and display the current date

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println("Current Date = " + calendar.getTime());

Now, let us increment the month using the add() method and Calendar.MONTH constant −

calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 2);

The following is an example

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Calendar;
public class Demo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
      System.out.println("Current Date = " + calendar.getTime());
      // Incrementing Month by 2
      calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 2);
      System.out.println("Updated Date (+2 Months) = " + calendar.getTime());
   }
}

Output

Current Date = Thu Nov 22 15:56:34 UTC 2018
Updated Date (+2 Months) = Tue Jan 22 15:56:34 UTC 2019

Samual Sam

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Updated on: 27-Jun-2020

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