Date time calculating

Question

I'm a total newbie, It's late and I can't figure it out so here it is.
How would I subtract 5 minutes from the following?
Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
I have been searching and reading for the past hour, is there an easy way to manipulate dates in Java?

Answer 1

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class Dates {
     public Dates() {
          super();
          // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
      * @param args
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
          int minute = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
          System.out.println(minute);
          Date today = calendar.getTime();
          calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute-5);
          System.out.println(calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
          Date customDate = calendar.getTime();
          System.out.println(customDate);
}