Android how to get tomorrow's date

Question

In my android application. I need to display tomorrow's date, for example today is 5th March so I need to display as 6 March. I know the code for getting today's date, month and year.

date calculating

    GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
    yearat = gc.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    yearstr = Integer.toString(yearat);
    monthat = gc.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
    monthstr = Integer.toString(monthat);
    dayat = gc.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    daystr = Integer.toString(dayat);

If I have the code

dayat = gc.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + 1;

will it display tomorrow's date. or just add one to today's date? For example, if today is January 31. With the above code, will it display like 1 or 32? If it displays 32, what change I need to make?

laalto · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05T10:40:29.117

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Get today's date as a Calendar.
Add 1 day to it.
Format for display purposes.

For example,

GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
gc.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
// now do something with the calendar

edited Mar 05 '14 at 10:40

answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:33

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Lalto let me ask one thing ... how to get tomorrows month. like – Jocheved Mar 05 '14 at 11:44
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From the calendar object set to tomorrow, `get` the `MONTH` field value. – laalto Mar 05 '14 at 11:47

score 57 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:34

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Use the following code to display tomorrow date

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
Date today = calendar.getTime();

calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
Date tomorrow = calendar.getTime();

Use SimpleDateFormat to format the Date as a String:

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");

String todayAsString = dateFormat.format(today);
String tomorrowAsString = dateFormat.format(tomorrow);

System.out.println(todayAsString);
System.out.println(tomorrowAsString);

Prints:

05-Mar-2014
06-Mar-2014

answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:34

NaVaNeeTh PrOdHutuR

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use DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", java.util.Locale.getDefault()); to remove warning – Shirish Herwade Mar 23 '15 at 11:02
This answer is perfect – Rohan Kandwal Jul 07 '15 at 10:29

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:33

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Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
Date today = calendar.getTime();

calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
Date tomorrow = calendar.getTime();

answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:33

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score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 21 '14 at 05:23

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you have to add just 1 in your Calendar Day.

GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
gc.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);

edited Sep 21 '14 at 05:23

infused

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answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:34

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Does it compile? (Thanks for copying my brainfart :) – laalto Mar 05 '14 at 10:47
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@laalto Not Copying you. Just generally think that tomorrow is after one day. So try to give answer that's way. BTW your description is much better. So no worry for that. I know you have a good and best brainfart Thanks anywhy!! – Piyush Mar 05 '14 at 11:29

lance-java · Answer 5 · 2014-03-05T12:08:07.830

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java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar are terrible to work with. I suggest you use JodaTime which has a much cleaner / nicer API. JodaTime is pretty standard these days.

http://www.joda.org/joda-time/#Why_Joda-Time

Note that JDK 8 will introduce a new date/time API heavily influenced by JodaTime.

edited Mar 05 '14 at 12:08

answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:40

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Still wondering when Java 8 will finally come to Android phones. – Zelphir Kaltstahl Jan 28 '16 at 12:55

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:17

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Other options:

Calendar tomorrow = Calendar.getInstance();
tomorrow.roll(Calendar.DATE, true);

or

tomorrow.roll(Calendar.DATE, 1);

roll can also be used to go back in time by passing a negative number, so for example:

Calendar yesterday = Calendar.getInstance();
yesterday.roll(Calendar.DATE, -1);

answered Jan 19 '17 at 19:17

Alberto Malagoli

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what is the last date of month select? – Jaydeep Chauhan Jan 29 '20 at 10:47

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:38

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the first answers pretty much covers the possibilities. but here one another solution which you can use from org.apache.commons.lang.time:

Date lTomorrow = DateUtils.addDays(new Date(), 1);

answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:38

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 11:09

The java.util.Date and .Calendar classes are notoriously troublesome. Avoid them. Instead use either Joda-Time library or the new java.time package in bundled with Java 8.

Some example code using the Joda-Time 2.3 library.

DateTimeZone timeZone = DateTimeZone.forID( "Europe/Paris" );
DateTime now = new DateTime( timeZone );
DateTime tomorrow = now.plusDays( 1 );
String output = DateTimeFormat.forPattern( "FF" ).withLocale(Locale.FRANCE).print( tomorrow );

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered May 10 '14 at 05:44

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Get todays date by using calendar and then add 1 day to it.

answered May 10 '14 at 05:44

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yoc · Answer 10 · 2018-03-18T09:33:02.857

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This is working to me well!!

    Date currentDate = new Date();// get the current date
    currentDate.setDate(currentDate.getDate() + 1);//add one day to the current date
    dateView.setText(currentDate.toString().substring(0, 10));// put the string in specific format in my textView

good luck!!

edited Mar 18 '18 at 09:33

answered Mar 15 '18 at 13:21

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add description to your answer – Gregor Doroschenko Mar 15 '18 at 13:39

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 29 '21 at 22:38

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much easier now

String today = LocalDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM-dd"));

String tomorrow = LocalDate.now().plusDays(1).format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM-dd"));

answered Jun 29 '21 at 22:38

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Naveen · Answer 12 · 2014-03-05T11:15:16.690

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Try like this..

dayat = gc.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);

edited Mar 05 '14 at 11:15

answered Mar 05 '14 at 10:33

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It doesn't compile and doesn't really help, either. – laalto Mar 05 '14 at 10:48

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 28 '18 at 21:56

tl;dr

java.time.LocalDate.now()
                   .plusDays( 1 )

java.time

All the other Answers are outmoded, using the troublesome old Date & Calendar classes or the Joda-Time project which is now in maintenance mode. The modern approach uses the java.time classes.

`LocalDate`

The LocalDate class represents a date-only value without time-of-day and without time zone.

A time zone is crucial in determining a date. For any given moment, the date varies around the globe by zone. For example, a few minutes after midnight in Paris France is a new day while still “yesterday” in Montréal Québec.

If no time zone is specified, the JVM implicitly applies its current default time zone. That default may change at any moment, so your results may vary. Better to specify your desired/expected time zone explicitly as an argument.

Specify a proper time zone name in the format of continent/region, such as America/Montreal, Africa/Casablanca, or Pacific/Auckland. Never use the 3-4 letter abbreviation such as EST or IST as they are not true time zones, not standardized, and not even unique(!).

ZoneId z = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" ) ;
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now( z ) ;

From that LocalDate you can do math to get the following day.

LocalDate tomorrow = today.plusDays( 1 ) ;

Strings

To generate a String representing the LocalDate object’s value, call toString for text formatted per the ISO 8601 standard: YYYY-MM-DD.

To generate strings in other formats, search Stack Overflow for DateTimeFormatter.

About java.time

The java.time framework is built into Java 8 and later. These classes supplant the troublesome old legacy date-time classes such as java.util.Date, Calendar, & SimpleDateFormat.

The Joda-Time project, now in maintenance mode, advises migration to the java.time classes.

To learn more, see the Oracle Tutorial. And search Stack Overflow for many examples and explanations. Specification is JSR 310.

Where to obtain the java.time classes?

Java SE 8, Java SE 9, and later
- Built-in.
- Part of the standard Java API with a bundled implementation.
- Java 9 adds some minor features and fixes.
Java SE 6 and Java SE 7
- Much of the java.time functionality is back-ported to Java 6 & 7 in ThreeTen-Backport.
Android
- Later versions of Android bundle implementations of the java.time classes.
- For earlier Android, the ThreeTenABP project adapts ThreeTen-Backport (mentioned above). See How to use ThreeTenABP….

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 12 '18 at 08:46

Best way for setting next day is

 public void NextDate()
{

    final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    mYear = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    mMonth = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    mDay = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

    // set current date into textview
    e_date.setText(new StringBuilder()
            // Month is 0 based, just add 1
            .append(mDay+1).append("-").append(mMonth + 1).append("-")
            .append(mYear).append(" "));



}

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Mar 15 '18 at 13:28

Just call this method and send date from which you want next date     

public String nextDate(Date dateClicked) {
           // 
String next_day;
calander_view.setCurrentDayTextColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.white_color));
            //calander_view.setCurrentDayBackgroundColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.gray_color));
            SimpleDateFormat dateFormatForDisplaying = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", Locale.getDefault());
            String date_format = dateFormatForDisplaying.format(dateClicked);
            SimpleDateFormat simpleDateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("E"); // the day of the week abbreviated
            final Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
            try {
                Date date = dateFormatForDisplaying.parse(date_format);
                calendar.setTime(date);
                calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
                String nex = dateFormatForDisplaying.format(calendar.getTime());
                Date d1 = dateFormatForDisplaying.parse(nex);
                String day_1 = simpleDateformat.format(d1);
                next_day = nex + ", " + day_1;
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            return next_day;

        }

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Jul 02 '18 at 13:31

 String  lastDate="5/28/2018";
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        String[] sDate=lastDate.split("/");
        calendar.set(Integer.parseInt(sDate[2]),Integer.parseInt(sDate[0]),Integer.parseInt(sDate[1]));

        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");

//        String todayAsString = dateFormat.format(today);

        for (int i=1;i<29;i++)
        {
            calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR,1);
//            td[i].setText(dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()));
          System.out.println(dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()));  
        }

Android how to get tomorrow's date

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tl;dr

java.time

`LocalDate`

Strings

About java.time

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