How to get previous day of the date

Question

Hi,
for a given date I need one day minus as a result date
my input would be any date
for example :
Input Date : 2006-03-22 ( yyyy-mm-dd)
Output should be : 2006-03-21
If my input is 1st of April 2006, output i would expect is 31st March 2006
Please suggest how to achieve this
Thanks in advance
Nilesh

Answer 1

Find below the code to get previous day of the current date
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
public class PreviosDay
public static void main(String[] args)
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat( "MM/dd/yyyy");
Calendar cl = Calendar.getInstance();
// you can use a Date object's getTime() method , which is initialiazed
// to desired date here directly ex: Date dt = new Date("10/10/2004");
// cl.setTimeInMillis(dt.getTime());
cl .setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
cl.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
System.out.println("Previous date : "+dateFormat.format(
new Date(cl.getTimeInMillis() ) ) );
}