Java Date Subtract substractDaysFromDate(final Date date, final int substractDays)

Description

Substract days to the given Date object and returns it.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The Date object to substract the days.
substractDays	The days to substract.

Return

The resulted Date object.

Declaration

public static Date substractDaysFromDate(final Date date, final int substractDays) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w  w  w . j a  v  a 2s. c om*/
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Asterios Raptis
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Substract days to the given Date object and returns it.
     *
     * @param date
     *            The Date object to substract the days.
     * @param substractDays
     *            The days to substract.
     * @return The resulted Date object.
     */
    public static Date substractDaysFromDate(final Date date, final int substractDays) {
        final Calendar dateOnCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        dateOnCalendar.setTime(date);
        dateOnCalendar.add(Calendar.DATE, substractDays * -1);
        return dateOnCalendar.getTime();
    }
}

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