Java Year Ago yearsAgo(int i)

Description

years Ago

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date yearsAgo(int i) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w w  w.ja v a 2s .  co  m*/
 * Tysan Clan Website
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Jeroen Steenbeeke and Ties van de Ven
 *
 * 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.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static final TimeZone NEW_YORK = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York");

    public static Date yearsAgo(int i) {
        Calendar cal = getCalendarInstance();

        cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -i);

        return cal.getTime();
    }

    public static Calendar getCalendarInstance() {
        return Calendar.getInstance(NEW_YORK, Locale.US);
    }
}

Related

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