The previous(DayOfWeek) method of a TemporalAdjusters class is used to return a previous DayOfWeek TemporalAdjuster object which can be used to get a new Date object which is the previous date with the same matching DayOfWeek as passed as a parameter from any Date object on which this TemporalAdjuster is applied. Syntax:
public static TemporalAdjuster previous(DayOfWeek dayOfWeek)
Parameters: This method accepts dayOfWeek which can be used to get a new Date object which is the previous date with the same matching DayOfWeek. Return value: This method returns the previous day of the week adjuster. Below programs illustrate the TemporalAdjusters.previous() method: Program 1:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// TemporalAdjusters.previous()import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // get TemporalAdjuster with the // previous in month adjuster TemporalAdjuster temporalAdjuster = TemporalAdjusters.previous( DayOfWeek.WEDNESDAY); // using adjuster for local date-time LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(1998, 10, 31); LocalDate previousDOW = localDate.with(temporalAdjuster); // print System.out.println( "Previous day of the week " + "having WEDNESDAY for localdate " + localDate + " is: " + previousDOW); }} |
Output:
Previous day of the week having WEDNESDAY for localdate 1998-10-31 is: 1998-10-28
Program 2:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// TemporalAdjusters.previous() methodimport java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // get TemporalAdjuster with the // previous day of week adjuster TemporalAdjuster temporalAdjuster = TemporalAdjusters.previous( DayOfWeek.THURSDAY); // using adjuster for local date time LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2029, 12, 11); LocalDate previousDOW = localDate.with(temporalAdjuster); // print System.out.println( "previous day of the week " + "having THURSDAY for localdate " + localDate + " is: " + previousDOW); }} |
Output:
previous day of the week having THURSDAY for localdate 2029-12-11 is: 2029-12-06
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