In Java 8, you can use the predefined java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters to adjust a date or Temporal

1. TemporalAdjusters

Example to move a date to firstDayOfMonth, firstDayOfNextMonth, next Monday and etc.

TestDate.java

package com.favtuts.time;

import java.time.DayOfWeek;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters;

public class TemporalAdjustersExamples {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        demoTemporalAdjusters();
    }

    static void demoTemporalAdjusters() {
        LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
        System.out.println("current date : " + localDate);

        LocalDate with = localDate.with(TemporalAdjusters.firstDayOfMonth());
        System.out.println("firstDayOfMonth : " + with);

        LocalDate with1 = localDate.with(TemporalAdjusters.lastDayOfMonth());
        System.out.println("lastDayOfMonth : " + with1);

        LocalDate with2 = localDate.with(TemporalAdjusters.next(DayOfWeek.MONDAY));
        System.out.println("next monday : " + with2);

        LocalDate with3 = localDate.with(TemporalAdjusters.firstDayOfNextMonth());
        System.out.println("firstDayOfNextMonth : " + with3);
    }
}

Output

current date : 2022-06-05
firstDayOfMonth : 2022-06-01
lastDayOfMonth : 2022-06-30
next monday : 2022-06-06
firstDayOfNextMonth : 2022-07-01

Note

Please check this official TemporalAdjusters JavaDoc for the entire list of the predefined TemporalAdjusters.

2. Custom TemporalAdjuster

Example to implement TemporalAdjuster to move a date to next Christmas.

NextChristmas.java

package com.favtuts.time;

import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
import java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjuster;

public class NextChristmasAdjuster implements TemporalAdjuster {

    @Override
    public Temporal adjustInto(Temporal temporal) {

        return temporal.with(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 12).with(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 25);

    }
    
}

TestDate.java

package com.favtuts.time;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class TemporalAdjustersExamples {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        demoCustomTemporalAdjuster();
    }

    static void demoCustomTemporalAdjuster() {
        LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
        System.out.println("current date : " + localDate);

        localDate = localDate.with(new NextChristmasAdjuster());
        System.out.println("Next Christmas : " + localDate);
    }
}

Output

current date : 2022-06-05
Next Christmas : 2022-12-25

Alternatively, you can use the following lambda expression :

	localDate = localDate.with(
		temporal -> temporal.with(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 12).with(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 25)
	);

Download Source Code

$ git clone https://github.com/favtuts/java-core-tutorials-examples

$ cd java-basic/time

References

  1. Java 8 – HijrahDate, How to calculate the Ramadan date
  2. TemporalAdjuster JavaDoc
  3. TemporalAdjusters JavaDoc
  4. Temporal JavaDoc
  5. Wikipedia Christmas

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