Java Date Previous getPreviousDay(Date date)

Description

Get the previous day date-time relative to the provided current date-time.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The current date-time

Return

The previous day's date-time

Declaration

public static Date getPreviousDay(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//file LICENSE in the root of the DomainHealth distribution.

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

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  w  w . java 2  s. co m
     * Get the previous day date-time relative to the provided current 
     * date-time.
     * 
     * @param date The current date-time
     * @return The previous day's date-time
     */
    public static Date getPreviousDay(Date date) {
        return getNthPreviousDay(date, 1);
    }

    /**
     * Get the date-time of Nth day previous to the provided current date-time.
     * 
     * @param date The current date-time
     * @param numDaysPrevious The number of days back to go
     * @return The date-time of the Nth day previous to the provide date-time
     */
    public static Date getNthPreviousDay(Date date, int numDaysPrevious) {
        Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
        calendar.setTime(date);
        calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, (0 - numDaysPrevious));
        return calendar.getTime();
    }
}

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