Subtract months from current date using Calendar.add method
import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); System.out.println("Current date : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "-" + now.get(Calendar.DATE) + "-" + now.get(Calendar.YEAR)); now = Calendar.getInstance(); now.add(Calendar.MONTH, -5); System.out.println("date before 5 months : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "-" + now.get(Calendar.DATE) + "-" + now.get(Calendar.YEAR)); } }