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:Â
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// TemporalAdjusters.previous()Â
import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;Â
public class GFG {Â Â Â Â public static void main(String[] args)Â Â Â Â {Â
        // get TemporalAdjuster with the        // previous in month adjuster        TemporalAdjuster temporalAdjuster            = TemporalAdjusters.previous(                DayOfWeek.WEDNESDAY);Â
        // using adjuster for local date-time        LocalDate localDate            = LocalDate.of(1998, 10, 31);        LocalDate previousDOW            = localDate.with(temporalAdjuster);Â
        // 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:Â
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// TemporalAdjusters.previous() methodÂ
import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;Â
public class GFG {Â Â Â Â public static void main(String[] args)Â Â Â Â {Â
        // get TemporalAdjuster with the        // previous day of week adjuster        TemporalAdjuster temporalAdjuster            = TemporalAdjusters.previous(                DayOfWeek.THURSDAY);Â
        // using adjuster for local date time        LocalDate localDate            = LocalDate.of(2029, 12, 11);        LocalDate previousDOW            = localDate.with(temporalAdjuster);Â
        // 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
