The problem that you are having is that the Date class is not really about
dates... it's about time.
The easiest way to get yesterday's date is this:
Calendar theDate = Calendar.getInstance(); // returns a new locale-specific
calendar set to the current time.
theDate.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
For printing or formatting, you use the DateFormatter class, and extract the
suitable date from the Calendar.
DateFormatter dateformat = new DateFormatter(/* suitable format string here
*/);
dateformat.format(theDate.getTime());
When Sun ripped out the date functionality from the Date class, they really
should have renamed it to Time, but that would have broken too much legacy
code.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sanjay Kumar
> Sent: Friday, 28 April 2000 15:36
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: DATE IN JAVA
>
>
> Hi Killamsetty,
>
> One way is that convert todays date in milliseconds. Then subtract number
> of milliseconds in 24 hrs (24*60*60*1000) from it.
> Then make a date object by using above calculated milliseconds into
> constructor.
>
> Date mydate=new Date();
> long mymillidate=mydate.getTime();
> mymillidate=mymillidate - 24*60*60*1000;
> Date previousdate= new Date(mymillidate);
>
>
> Happy Programming,
>
> Sanjay Kumar
> Informica India Pvt Ltd
> Noida, India
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Killamsetty, Atchutarao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: DATE IN JAVA
>
>
> > How to get yesterday's date.
> >
> > for April 1 2000 it should give March 31 2000
> >
> > Thanks & Regards, Goldman
> > Atchutarao Killamsetty, Sachs
> > GSAM-IT,Tokyo
> > Tel:03-5573-7871
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kishore Raghavan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:35 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: DATE IN JAVA
> >
> >
> > Avatar,
> >
> > The Date constructor which you suggested is DEPRECATED.
> >
> > you can simply use
> > java.util.Date today = new java.util.Date();
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kishore Raghavan
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of AVATAR SINGH
> > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 1:42 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: DATE IN JAVA
> >
> >
> > One of the many Ways:
> > Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
> > int yr= (cal.get(Calendar.YEAR)-1900);
> > int mnth=cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
> > int de=cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
> > java.sql.Date dateToday = new java.sql.Date(yr,mnth,de);
> >
> >
> > Munish Talwar wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Can anybody tell me how can I find today's date in Java.
> > >
> > > In Oracle or Microsoft
> > >
> > > we use sysdate, or now to do this but in java what do we have for this
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Munish
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