title: How to determine the date one day prior to a given date in Java?
body: <p>I am assuming Java has some built-in way to do this.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Given a date, how can I determine the date one day prior to that date?</strong></p>
  
  <p>For example, suppose I am given 3/1/2009. The previous date is 2/28/2009. If I had been given 3/1/2008, the previous date would have been 2/29/2008.</p>