If I have a specific date of a day, how do I get the date of that day in the previous week?

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For example, if I have a \"Date\" variable \"date1\" with a value of (dd/mm/yyy) 03/07/2011, which is a S

Answer 1

A more clear approach:

Calendar date = new GregorianCalendar(2011, 1, 1);
date.add(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH, -1);
System.out.println(date.getTime());

use either WEEK_OF_MONTH or WEEK_OF_YEAR