Your code is wrong: sixMonthsLater.getMonthOfYear() + "/" + sixMonthsLater.getDayOfWeek() + "/" + sixMonthsLater.getYear();
should be getDayOfMonth() Stephen On 1 April 2010 20:09, J.V. <jvsr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a date in string format like "MM/dd/YYYY" and I need to get a > date in string format that is six months later. > > So here is my method: > > String dateStr = "03/12/2010" > > // Create a java.util.Date from dateStr > java.util.Date date = format.parse(dateStr); DateTime > dateTime = new DateTime(date); // get a DateTime object > DateTime sixMonthsLater = dateTime.plusMonths(6); > > > sixMonthsLaterStr = sixMonthsLater.getMonthOfYear() + "/" + > sixMonthsLater.getDayOfWeek() + "/" + sixMonthsLater.getYear(); > > return sixMonthsLaterStr; > > > When this run, I get a date back of (for sixMonthsLaterStr) as > "9/7/2010" or September 7th, 2010 (I expected September 12th, 2010) > > so it is not quite six months later. I would expect 3/12/2010 six > months later would be 9/12/2010. > > can this bug be fixed? am I doing this right? Why do I get a date of > "9/7/2010" for six months beyond "3/12/2010" ?? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
