Creating a Date object with an offset in Java

Question

I'm currently learning how to create applications for Android, but my Java is quite rusty as I'm more of a .NET person.

If in C#, I wanted to create a DateTime object with the value set to todays date plus 5 years, I could use

DateTime dt = DateTime.Now.AddYears(5);

Is there something similar to this in the Java language?

Anthony Grist · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-04 12:06:13Z

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You could use a Calendar to do the calculation:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, 5);
Date date = cal.getTime(); // getTime() returns a Date object

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 12:06

Anthony Grist

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mini · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-04 12:11:30Z

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you can use JODA time --- http://joda-time.sourceforge.net to create DateTime object.

 DateTime.now().plusYears(5);

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 12:11

mini

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I'll bear this in mind for future projects as it looks great, but for now this seems a bit like overkill! :)