Java Date Adjust adjustDays(Date startingDate, int deltaDays)

Description

Takes a Date and moves in the desired amount of days.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
startingDate	Date to be altered
deltaDays	Number of days to be moved. Use positive integers for a move to the future, and a negative number for a change to the past.

Return

returns the new Date

Declaration

public static Date adjustDays(Date startingDate, int deltaDays) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**//from ww w  .  j a  v a 2  s .c om
     * Takes a {@link Date} and moves in the desired amount of days.  
     * @param startingDate Date to be altered
     * @param deltaDays Number of days to be moved. Use positive integers for a move to the future, and a negative number for a change to the past.
     * @return returns the new Date
     */
    public static Date adjustDays(Date startingDate, int deltaDays) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(startingDate);
        cal.add(Calendar.DATE, deltaDays);
        return cal.getTime();
    }
}

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