Java date minus seven days.

Java date minus seven days.

In this example, you will see how to subtract seven days from current date in java. The add(int field, int amount) is used for addition or subtraction. The addition or subtraction dependence of sign of amount. If sign of amount is negative than it will do subtraction, otherwise addition.

Calendar.DATE -- It  returns current date.
Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK -- It  returns number of days in a week.

Code:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class SubtractDays {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	Calendar currCal = Calendar.getInstance();
	SimpleDateFormat obDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE yyyy-MMMM-dd");
	System.out.println("Current date : "
		+ obDateFormat.format(currCal.getTime()));
	currCal.add(Calendar.DATE, -Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
	System.out.println("Current date : "
		+ obDateFormat.format(currCal.getTime()));
     }
}

Output

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