[java] How to subtract n days from current date in java?

I want to subtract n days from the current date in Java.

How do I do that?

This question is related to java date

The answer is


for future use find day of the week ,deduct day and display the deducted day using date.

public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {

String[] days = { "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday",
        "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday" };
SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date dt1 = format1.parse("20/10/2013");

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(dt1);
int dayOfWeek = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
long diff = Calendar.getInstance().getTime().getTime() ;
System.out.println(dayOfWeek);

switch (dayOfWeek) {

case 6:
    System.out.println(days[dayOfWeek - 1]);
    break;
case 5:

    System.out.println(days[dayOfWeek - 1]);
    break;      
case 4:
    System.out.println(days[dayOfWeek - 1]);
    break;
case 3:

    System.out.println(days[dayOfWeek - 1]);
    break;
case 2:
    System.out.println(days[dayOfWeek - 1]);
    break;
case 1:

    System.out.println(days[dayOfWeek - 1]);

     diff = diff -(dt1.getTime()- 3 );
     long valuebefore = dt1.getTime();
     long valueafetr = dt1.getTime()-2;
     System.out.println("DATE IS befor subtraction :"+valuebefore);
     System.out.println("DATE IS after subtraction :"+valueafetr);

     long x= dt1.getTime()-(2 * 24 * 3600 * 1000);
     System.out.println("Deducted date to find firday is - 2 days form Sunday :"+new Date((dt1.getTime()-(2*24*3600*1000))));
     System.out.println("DIffrence from now on is :"+diff);
        if(diff > 0) {

            diff = diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
            System.out.println("Diff"+diff);
            System.out.println("Date is Expired!"+(dt1.getTime() -(long)2));
        }

    break;
}
}

As @Houcem Berrayana say

If you would like to use n>24 then you can use the code like:

Date dateBefore = new Date((d.getTime() - n * 24 * 3600 * 1000) - n * 24 * 3600 * 1000); 

Suppose you want to find last 30 days date, then you'd use:

Date dateBefore = new Date((d.getTime() - 24 * 24 * 3600 * 1000) - 6 * 24 * 3600 * 1000); 

I found this perfect solution and may useful, You can directly get in format as you want:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -90); // I just want date before 90 days. you can give that you want.

SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); // you can specify your format here...
Log.d("DATE","Date before 90 Days: " + s.format(new Date(cal.getTimeInMillis())));

Thanks.


this will subtract ten days of the current date (before Java 8):

int x = -10;
Calendar cal = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
cal.add( Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, x);
Date tenDaysAgo = cal.getTime();

If you're using Java 8 you can make use of the new Date & Time API (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-date-time-2125367.html):

LocalDate tenDaysAgo = LocalDate.now().minusDays(10);

For converting the new to the old types and vice versa see: Converting between java.time.LocalDateTime and java.util.Date