Adding days to a date in Java [duplicate]

Question

How do I add x days to a date in Java?

For example, my date is 01/01/2012, using dd/mm/yyyy as the format.

Adding 5 days, the output should be 06/01/2012.

Answer 1

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); c.setTime(new Date()); // Using today's date c.add(Calendar.DATE, 5); // Adding 5 days String output = sdf.format(c.getTime()); System.out.println(output); 

Answer 2

java.time

With the Java 8 Date and Time API you can use the LocalDate class.

LocalDate.now().plusDays(nrOfDays) 

See the Oracle Tutorial.