How to get date of last Friday from specified date? [duplicate]

Answer 1

To get any latest date based on weekday:

private String getWeekDayDate(String weekday){
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    Calendar start = Calendar.getInstance();
    Date now = new Date();
    start.setTime(now);
    Calendar end = Calendar.getInstance();
    end.add(Calendar.DATE, -7);
    while (start.after(end)) 
    {
        try {
            Date temp  = start.getTime();
            String day = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE").format(temp);
            if(day.equalsIgnoreCase(weekday))
                return formatter.format(temp);
        }catch(Exception e) {
           e.printStackTrace(); 
        }
        start.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, -1);
     }
     return null;
}

To get latest Friday date, give weekday as "Friday"