How to get the day prior to a particular date.

DateMinusOne.java

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Date -1
 * Get the date prior to a specific date.
 */
public class DateMinusOne {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
		Date date = null;

		try {
			date = format.parse("20131201080301");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return;
		}
		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
		cal.setTime(date);
		cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
		date = cal.getTime();

		System.out.println(date.toString());
	}
}