Add months to date

Opposite of subtracting months from a java date, this example will show how to add months to a date using java Calendar.add, java 8 date time api, joda’s DateTime.plusMonths and apache commons DateUtils.addMonths. Assuming players get a vacation after the super bowl, we will set the date which it occurred and then add one month to represent a vacation of sipping fruity drinks in Mexico.

Straight up Java

@Test
public void add_months_to_date_in_java () {

    Calendar superBowlXLV = Calendar.getInstance();
    superBowlXLV.set(2011, 1, 6, 0, 0);

    Calendar sippinFruityDrinksInMexico = Calendar.getInstance();
    sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.setTimeInMillis(superBowlXLV.getTimeInMillis());
    sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss z");

    logger.info(dateFormatter.format(superBowlXLV.getTime()));
    logger.info(dateFormatter.format(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.getTime()));

    assertTrue(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.after(superBowlXLV));
}

Output

02/06/2011 00:00:49 CST
03/06/2011 00:00:49 CST

Java 8 Date and Time API

Java 8 LocalDateTime.plusMonths will return a copy of the LocalDateTime with the specified number of months added.

@Test
public void add_months_to_date_in_java8() {

    LocalDateTime superBowlXLV = LocalDateTime.of(2011, Month.FEBRUARY, 6,
            0, 0);
    LocalDateTime sippinFruityDrinksInMexico = superBowlXLV.plusMonths(1);

    java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter formatter = java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
            .ofPattern("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss S");

    logger.info(superBowlXLV.format(formatter));
    logger.info(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.format(formatter));

    assertTrue(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.isAfter(superBowlXLV));
}

Output

02/06/2011 00:00:00 0
03/06/2011 00:00:00 0

Joda Time

Joda DateTime.plusMonths will return a copy the DateTime plus the specified number of months.

@Test
public void add_months_to_date_in_java_joda () {

    DateTime superBowlXLV = new DateTime(2011, 2, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0);
    DateTime sippinFruityDrinksInMexico = superBowlXLV.plusMonths(1);

    DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss z");

    logger.info(superBowlXLV.toString(fmt));
    logger.info(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.toString(fmt));

    assertTrue(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.isAfter(superBowlXLV));
}

Output

02/06/2011 00:00:00 CST
03/06/2011 00:00:00 CST

Apache Commons

Apache commons DateUtils.addMonths will adds a number of months to the date returning a new object.

@Test
public void add_months_to_date_in_java_apachecommons () {

    Calendar superBowlXLV = Calendar.getInstance();
    superBowlXLV.set(2011, 1, 6, 0, 0);

    Date sippinFruityDrinksInMexico = DateUtils.addMonths(superBowlXLV.getTime(), 1);

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss z");

    logger.info(dateFormatter.format(superBowlXLV.getTime()));
    logger.info(dateFormatter.format(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico));

    assertTrue(sippinFruityDrinksInMexico.after(superBowlXLV.getTime()));
}

Output

02/06/2011 00:00:11 CST
03/06/2011 00:00:11 CST