Question

I need to get a date by subtracting a number from current date in MM/dd/yyyy format

I got the current date by using new Date().format("MM/dd/yyyy")

Please help me with a function that subtracts 1,2 to the above date and produces a date in MM/dd/yyyy format

I have tried

def today = new Date().format("MM/dd/yyyy")
def yesterday = today -1
println today
println yesterday

which gives me

01/11/2012
0/11/2012

Answer 1

You are subtracting from a String

try:

def today = new Date()
def yesterday = today - 1
println today.format("MM/dd/yyyy")
println yesterday.format("MM/dd/yyyy")