Java Date Subtract subtractDay(final Date date)

Description

Subtract one day from the supplied date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	start date

Return

one day less

Declaration

public static Date subtractDay(final Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  w w  . j  a v a 2 s. co  m
 * jGnash, a personal finance application
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Craig Cavanaugh
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * ThreadLocal for a {@code GregorianCalendar}
     */
    private static final ThreadLocal<GregorianCalendar> gregorianCalendarThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<GregorianCalendar>() {
        @Override
        protected GregorianCalendar initialValue() {
            return new GregorianCalendar();
        }
    };

    /**
     * Subtract one day from the supplied date
     *
     * @param date start date
     * @return one day less
     */
    public static Date subtractDay(final Date date) {
        return addDays(date, -1);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a date a given number of days after the requested date
     *
     * @param date start date
     * @param days the number of days to add
     * @return new date
     */
    public static Date addDays(final Date date, final int days) {
        final GregorianCalendar c = gregorianCalendarThreadLocal.get();

        c.setTime(date);
        c.add(Calendar.DATE, days);
        return c.getTime();
    }
}

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