Decrement a Month using the Calendar Class in Java

Import the following package for Calendar class in Java

import java.util.Calendar;

Firstly, create a Calendar object and display the current date

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); System.out.println("Current Date = " + calendar.getTime());

Now, let us decrement the month using the add() method and Calendar.MONTH constant. Set a negative value here since we are decrementing

calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, -2);

The following is an example

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Calendar; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();       System.out.println("Current Date = " + calendar.getTime());       // Decrementing Month by 2       calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, -2);       System.out.println("Updated Date (-2 Months) = " + calendar.getTime());    } }

Output

Current Date = Thu Nov 22 15:57:30 UTC 2018 Updated Date (-2 Months) = Sat Sep 22 15:57:30 UTC 2018