Java Get Yesterday Date

In this Java tutorial, we learn how to get yesterday date and time as a Date object in Java programming language.

How to get yesterday Date in Java

In this first step, we create a new Java utility class named DateUtil, and implement a static method named getYesterdayDate() to return yesterday Date object as the following Java code.

DateUtil.java

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateUtil {

    /**
     * This method to get yesterday Date object
     * @return the yesterday Date object
     */
    public static Date getYesterdayDate() {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
        return calendar.getTime();
    }
}

In the following example Java program, we show how to use the above DateUtil class to get yesterday Date object.

GetYesterdayExample.java

import java.util.Date;

public class GetYesterdayExample {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        // Get Yesterday Date
        Date yesterday = DateUtil.getYesterdayDate();

        System.out.println("Yesterday: " + yesterday);
    }
}