How to subtract 45 days from from the current sysdate

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Anyone know a simple way using java calendar to subtract X days to a date?

Hi ,

Could anybody please tell me how can we subtract 45 days from the current sysdate ??

Thanks

Are you referring to the SYSDATE function in Oracle PL/SQL? – Robert Harvey May 22 '11 at 05:04 — Robert Harvey, May 22 '11 at 05:04
I am refering to system date of windows – May 22 '11 at 05:43 — , May 22 '11 at 05:43

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '11 at 05:02

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You can use the Calendar class:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR , -45);

answered May 22 '11 at 05:02

MByD

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Duplicate of How to subtract X days from a date using Java calendar?. You can use the add function with negative days, e.g., add(Calendar.DATE, -5).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

Community

answered May 22 '11 at 05:05

tofutim

please try to share links to the most updated docs in the future (Java 6) :) – MByD May 22 '11 at 05:07
That is outright embarrassing. Thanks MByD. – tofutim May 22 '11 at 05:08
so many people reminded me to do that here before, just keeping the tradition :) – MByD May 22 '11 at 05:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 22 '11 at 05:43

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import org.joda.time.DateTime;

DateTime dt = new DateTime().minusDays(45);

// Convert to java.util.Date
Date d = dt.toDate();

answered May 22 '11 at 05:43

missingfaktor

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