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Find Previous month name using Calender or any classes that in java

I need to Find Previous month name using Calender or any classes that in java

if its January then its must give December as previous month (with year if possible).

Solution 
  • Calendar cal =  Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
//format it to MMM-yyyy // January-2012
String previousMonthYear  = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM-yyyy").format(cal.getTime());