Something like this should do the trick:
String dt = "2008-01-01"; // Start date
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(sdf.parse(dt));
c.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); // number of days to add
dt = sdf.format(c.getTime()); // dt is now the new date
Answer from Dave on Stack OverflowSomething like this should do the trick:
String dt = "2008-01-01"; // Start date
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(sdf.parse(dt));
c.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); // number of days to add
dt = sdf.format(c.getTime()); // dt is now the new date
UPDATE (May 2021): This is a really outdated answer for old, old Java. For Java 8 and above, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/20906602/314283
Java does appear to be well behind the eight-ball compared to C#. This utility method shows the way to do in Java SE 6 using the Calendar.add method (presumably the only easy way).
public class DateUtil
{
public static Date addDays(Date date, int days)
{
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(date);
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, days); //minus number would decrement the days
return cal.getTime();
}
}
To add one day, per the question asked, call it as follows:
String sourceDate = "2012-02-29";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date myDate = format.parse(sourceDate);
myDate = DateUtil.addDays(myDate, 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);
java.time
With the Java 8 Date and Time API you can use the LocalDate class.
LocalDate.now().plusDays(nrOfDays)
See the Oracle Tutorial.
Given a Date dt you have several possibilities:
Solution 1: You can use the Calendar class for that:
Date dt = new Date();
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(dt);
c.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
dt = c.getTime();
Solution 2: You should seriously consider using the Joda-Time library, because of the various shortcomings of the Date class. With Joda-Time you can do the following:
Date dt = new Date();
DateTime dtOrg = new DateTime(dt);
DateTime dtPlusOne = dtOrg.plusDays(1);
Solution 3: With Java 8 you can also use the new JSR 310 API (which is inspired by Joda-Time):
Date dt = new Date();
LocalDateTime.from(dt.toInstant()).plusDays(1);
Solution 4: With org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateUtils you can do:
Date dt = new Date();
dt = DateUtils.addDays(dt, 1)
Date today = new Date();
Date tomorrow = new Date(today.getTime() + (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
Date has a constructor using the milliseconds since the UNIX-epoch. the getTime()-method gives you that value. So adding the milliseconds for a day, does the trick. If you want to do such manipulations regularly I recommend to define constants for the values.
Important hint: That is not correct in all cases. Read the WARNING comment, below.