Subtracting months using Calendar

[timmbo]

Hi All,

I am completely confused here. I need to get the current month and subtract 2 months. I need it formatted to show month spelled out (i.e. June). Any help would be appreciated.


Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(new java.util.Date());
System.out.println("cal... " + cal);


Thanks,
Tim

 

[rostler]

This should subtract 2 months of the current date:

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH,calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH)-2);
int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));

You cannot get the month name out in the way you want so, just the month number - you could use an array of month names as a lookup.

Richard

 

[timmbo]

Thanks for your help Richard.

 

[palbano]

>> you could use an array of month names as a lookup.

Yes, or if your application requires multiple language support those strings would go into resource bundles.

-pete