import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * 查看指定月最后一天的简单方法
 * @author yachao
 */
public class TestCalender {
	@Test
	public void test() throws ParseException{
		//方法1利用getActualMaximum
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
		Calendar calendarNew = Calendar.getInstance();
		calendarNew.add(Calendar.HOUR, -5);
		//calendar设置时间
		calendar.setTime(sdf.parse("2015-02-01"));
		//calender 的时间比较用compareTo
	    System.out.println("时间比较:" + calendarNew.compareTo(calendar));
	    //这里的getMaximum不会被calendar.setTime所影响,因为它只识别当月的。而getActualMaximum则会是canlender的设置的。
	    System.out.println(calendar.getMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
	    System.out.println(calendar.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
	    //方法2利用roll
	    calendar.setTime(sdf.parse("2015-02-01"));
	    calendar.roll(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
	    System.out.println(sdf.format(calendar.getTime()));
	}
}

输出结果是:

时间比较:1
31
28
2015-02-28