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Java Program to display past date from GregorianCalendar
For GregorianCalendar class, import the following package.
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
Here is the object.
GregorianCalendar cal = (GregorianCalendar) GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
Now, let us get the past date, using the add() method with a negative value.
// past date cal.add((GregorianCalendar.DATE), -1);
Example
import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class Demo { public static void main(String[] a) { GregorianCalendar cal = (GregorianCalendar) GregorianCalendar.getInstance(); System.out.println("Current date: " + cal.getTime()); // past date cal.add((GregorianCalendar.DATE), -1); System.out.println("Modified date (Previous Date): " + cal.getTime()); } }
Output
Current date: Mon Nov 19 18:01:37 UTC 2018 Modified date (Previous Month): Fri Nov 18 18:01:37 UTC 2018
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