Java Year Ago yearAgo()

Description

Get date for year ago

License

Apache License

Return

date

Declaration

public static Date yearAgo() 

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 {
    /**//from  www.  j  av a 2s .  c o m
     * Get date for year ago
     *
     * @return date
     */
    public static Date yearAgo() {
        return forCalendarDiff(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
    }

    /**
     * Get date for calendar difference from current date
     *
     * @param field  difference field (Calendar.DATE, Calendar.MINUTE ... etc)
     * @param amount how much?
     * @return date for the difference
     */
    public static Date forCalendarDiff(int field, int amount) {
        GregorianCalendar gCal = new GregorianCalendar();
        gCal.add(field, amount);
        return new Date(gCal.getTimeInMillis());
    }
}

Related

1. getHundredYearsAgo()
2. hasYearPassed(int year)
3. yearsAgo(int i)
4. yearsAgo(int n)