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androiddatetimedatetime-generation

Get data between last three years,

I'm try to load data between lasst three years. i want to get data between current datetime and last 3 years back.

eg:-FROM 1/19/2009 TO current time (1/19/2012)

I get the current time as below.

String date= DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(new Date());

Could someone please tell me the way to do this? If you have any worked through examples, that would be a real help!

Solution

  • You can use Calender's add()

            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        Log.d("current date",dateFormat.format(cal.getTime()));
        cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -3);
        Log.d("3 years previous date",dateFormat.format(cal.getTime()));

    OUTPUT

    01-19 05:34:52.148: DEBUG/current date(556): 19/01/2012
01-19 05:34:52.148: DEBUG/3 years previous date(556): 19/01/2009