Java Date Before getPreviousDate(String before)

Description

This method gets the past dates based on the no.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
before	the before

Return

the previous date

Declaration

public static Calendar getPreviousDate(String before) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    /**/*w w  w .  j av  a  2s  .c  o  m*/
     * This method gets the past dates based on the no. of days passed.
     * 
     * @param before
     *            the before
     * @return the previous date
     */
    public static Calendar getPreviousDate(String before) {

        int beforeInt = 0 - Integer.valueOf(before);
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.add(Calendar.DATE, beforeInt);
        return cal;
    }
}

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5. getPassedMonthBetweenDate(Date before, Date after)
6. getQuarterStartDateBeforeCurrent(int num, Date current)
7. getSomeDaysBeforeAfter(Date date, int days)
8. isAtLeastOneDayBefore(Date daybefore, Date dayafter)
9. isBefore(Date date)