Here you can find the source of beforeToday(int days)
public static Date beforeToday(int days)
//package com.java2s; /*/* ww w . j a va2s . c o m*/ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors. * * 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; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class Main { public static Date beforeToday(int days) { GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(); calendar.setTime(todayMiddleNight()); calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -days); return calendar.getTime(); } public static Date todayMiddleNight() { GregorianCalendar now = new GregorianCalendar(); now.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 23); now.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 59); now.set(Calendar.SECOND, 59); now.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 999); return now.getTime(); } }