How to add days to a date in Java

Question

I want to add days to a date to get a new date in Java. How to achieve it using the Calendar class.

Calendar dom = new GregorianCalendar(d, m, y);

is the instance of my date of manufacture and I want to reach to date of expiry adding some 100 days to the current date and store it in a variable doe but unable to do that.

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 02 '11 at 04:50

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Make use of Calendar#add(). Here's a kickoff example.

Calendar dom = Calendar.getInstance();
dom.clear();
dom.set(y, m, d); // Note: month is zero based! Subtract with 1 if needed.
Calendar expire = (Calendar) dom.clone();
expire.add(Calendar.DATE, 100);

If you want more flexibility and less verbose code, I'd recommend JodaTime though.

DateTime dom = new DateTime(y, m, d, 0, 0, 0, 0);
DateTime expire = dom.plusDays(100);

edited Nov 02 '11 at 04:50

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answered Mar 24 '10 at 12:01

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thanks a ton. But when I try to make new instance of calenar with added value as new date it is not storing it in new instance. – terrific Mar 24 '10 at 12:34
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You shouldn't do `new GregorianCalendar(d, m, y)`. Follow the same steps as here above. That's the only right way. Besides, note that you should put `y, m, d` in and not `d, m, y`. Also note that the month is zero based. January is 0, February is 1, March is 2, etc. It's a nightmare, the `Calendar`. – BalusC Mar 24 '10 at 12:50
Quick question - Why do you recommend against new GregorianCalendar(...)? – Everyone Mar 24 '10 at 14:21
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Two reasons: 1) It's a better practice to program to the interface/abstract class. 2) You really need to `clear()` the calendar to avoid clashes sooner or later when cloning/comparing/etc. – BalusC Mar 24 '10 at 15:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '15 at 15:47

java.time

Now, years later, the old java.util.Date/.Calendar classes are supplanted by the new java.time package in Java 8 and later.

These new classes include a LocalDate class for representing a date-only without time-of-day nor time zone.

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of( 2015 , 2 , 3 ) ;
LocalDate later = localDate.plusDays( 100 );

That code above a works for dates. If you instead need to know exact moment of expiration, then you need time-of-day and time zones. In that case, use ZonedDateTime class.

ZoneId zone = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" ) ;
ZonedDateTime zdt = later.atStartOfDay( zone ) ;

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 10 '16 at 07:01

    DateFormat formatter = null;
    Date convertedDate = null;
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    try {
        convertedDate = (Date) formatter.parse(pro.getDate().toString());//pro.getDate() is the date getting from database
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(convertedDate);
    cal.add(Calendar.DATE, 7);
        Date cvdate=cal.getTime();
    if (cvdate.after(new Date())){
 //do Something if you show expire...
}

How to add days to a date in Java

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