date 减去固定时长_Java - 从日期中减去天数

I'm trying to subtract 5 days from a date which comes in as a string initially.

I have had a look at some of the other posts on this subject but the result i get from the code is always incorrect. The main problem is that the year value does not seem to change when the days are subtracted for example - 2012-01-01 subtract 5 days gives me 'Jan 27 2012' using this code -

cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -5);

Please help.

解决方案

Did you know that, in Java, month 1 is actually February?

Date februaryTheFirst = new Date(2012,1,1); // equals 2012-02-01

This might explain what you are seeing. If you want to instantiate 2012-01-01 instead, you should do:

Date firstDayOf2012 = new Date(2012,0,1); // this is 2012-01-01

Exactly the same thing happens when dealing with Calendar:

Calendar.getInstance().set(2012,0,1); // 2012-01-01

Be sure to check the documentation for Date(int, int, int) and Calendar.set(int, int, int). Also, you could check the way you are parsing the string. If you use SimpleDateFormat.parse(...), things can be easier.

Strange, isn't it? Go figure... Just as a fun fact, IntelliJ's documentation annotates this second parameter, month, with @MagicConstant, to remember the programmer that there's something very strange going on.