Java tutorial
import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar(); java.util.Date d = sdf.parse("12/12/2003"); gc.setTime(d); System.out.println("Input Date = " + sdf.format(d)); int dayBefore = gc.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR); gc.roll(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, -1); int dayAfter = gc.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR); if (dayAfter > dayBefore) { gc.roll(Calendar.YEAR, -1); } gc.get(Calendar.DATE); java.util.Date yesterday = gc.getTime(); System.out.println("Yesterdays Date = " + sdf.format(yesterday)); } }