Java Day Add addDays(Date aDate, int days)

Description

Add days to a date by value.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aDate	Pass date by value.
days	Number of days to add.

Return

A new date object with the days added.

Declaration

public static Date addDays(Date aDate, int days) 

Method Source Code

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

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

public class Main {
    /**/*  ww  w.  ja v  a2 s. c om*/
     * Add days to a date by value.
     *
     * @param aDate Pass date by value.
     * @param days Number of days to add.
     * @return A new date object with the days added.
     */
    public static Date addDays(Date aDate, int days) {
        return addTime(aDate, (24 * days), Calendar.HOUR);
    }

    /**
     * Add time to a date with generic settings.
     *
     * @param aDate A starting date to reference.
     * @param timeToAdd Amount of time to add to starting reference.
     * @param timeUnits Units of time for the timeToAdd field.
     * @return The resultant date.
     */
    public static Date addTime(Date aDate, int timeToAdd, int timeUnits) {
        Calendar cal = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(aDate);
        cal.add(timeUnits, timeToAdd);
        return cal.getTime();
    }
}

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