public static String getStartDate(String date){
        String resultString;
        try {
            if(StringUtils.isEmpty(date)){
                return getEndDate();
            }
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            java.text.DateFormat format = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
            int day = Integer.parseInt(StringUtils.substring(date, StringUtils.lastIndexOf(date, "-") + 1, date.length()));
            cal.set(Calendar.DATE, day);
            String lastMonthStart = format.format(cal.getTime());//上月开始
            cal.clear();
            resultString = lastMonthStart;
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return getEndDate();
        }
        return resultString;

    }
    
     private static String getEndDate(){
         SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");//设置日期格式
         return df.format(new Date());// new Date()为获取当前系统时间
     }

   
    public static void main(String[] args){
        String endDate = getEndDate();
        String startDate = getStartDate(endDate);
        System.out.println("start=" + startDate);
        System.out.println("end=" + endDate);
    }

输出：

start=2012-11-20
end=2012-12-20