How to add years in current date in java

In order to add years to current date or any date object, Calendar class is used. Need to create a new calendar object and the time is set to the date object. You need to use static property of Calendar class YEAR and add whatever months as per your requirement.

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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class AddYearsInDate {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Date currentDate = new Date();
        System.out.println("Current date is " + currentDate);
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();  
        calendar.setTime(new Date());  
        calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR , 6);
        currentDate = calendar.getTime();
        System.out.println("New date after adding 6 years " + currentDate);
    }
}

Output is :
Current date is Thu May 16 15:52:44 IST 2013
New date after adding 6 years Thu May 16 15:52:44 IST 2019