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Java Date Manipulations

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Formatting Dates:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");  
Date newDate = new Date();
String newdate = dateformat.format(newDate);
System.out.println(newdate);

Adding Days to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); //Adding 1 day to current date
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Adding Month to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat
dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1); //Adding 1 month to current date
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Adding Year to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, 1); //Adding 1 year to current date
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);
Subtracting Year to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat
dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1); //-1 for subtracting
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);


Subtracting Month to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1); //-1 for subtracting
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Subtracting Day to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -1); //-1 for subtracting
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Adding Hours to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.HOUR, 1); //Adding 1 hour to current date time
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Adding Minutes to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 10); //Adding 10 minute to current date time
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Adding Seconds to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, 40); //Adding 40 minute to current date time
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Subtracting Hours to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.HOUR, -1); //Subtracting 1 hour to current date time
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);

Subtracting Minutes to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -10); //Subtracting 10 minute to current date time
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);


Subtracting Seconds to Current Date:

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");  
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, -40); //Subtracting 40 minute to current date time
String newdate = dateformat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(newdate);