Java Calendar Add or substract months to current date

Add or substract months to current date using Java Calendar This example shows how to add or substract months in current date and time values using Java Calendar class.

 
 import java.util.Calendar;  
 public class AddMonthsToCurrentDate {  
  public static void main(String[] args) {  
   //create Calendar instance  
   Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();  
   System.out.println("Current date : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  
             + "-"  
             + now.get(Calendar.DATE)  
             + "-"  
             + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));  
   //add months to current date using Calendar.add method  
   now.add(Calendar.MONTH,10);  
   System.out.println("date after 10 months : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  
             + "-"  
             + now.get(Calendar.DATE)  
             + "-"  
             + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));  
   //substract months from current date using Calendar.add method  
   now = Calendar.getInstance();  
   now.add(Calendar.MONTH, -5);  
   System.out.println("date before 5 months : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)  
             + "-"  
             + now.get(Calendar.DATE)  
             + "-"  
             + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));  
  }  
 }  

Typical output would be
Current date : 12-25-2007
date after 10 months : 10-25-2008
date before 5 months : 7-25-2007

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