calendar

[Manoj Raghuwanshi]

I am trying to print date :-
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
System.out.println(cal.getTime());
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
System.out.println(cal.getTime());
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
System.out.println(cal.getTime());
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
System.out.println(cal.getTime());


it is giving output:-

Tue Oct 30 02:17:20 PDT 2007
Sat Sep 29 02:17:20 PDT 2007
Thu Aug 30 02:17:20 PDT 2007
Mon Jul 30 02:17:20 PDT 2007

can any body please tell me what should be the code so that output will be:-
Tue Oct 30 02:17:20 PDT 2007
Mon Oct 29
Sun Oct 28
Sat Oct 27

[Joanne Neal]

The Calendar.set() method sets a field. You are trying to set the day of the month to -1, which obviously produces an unexpected result. To decrement the day use Calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1).
[ November 02, 2007: Message edited by: Joanne Neal ]

[Manoj Raghuwanshi]

thanks