static public List<DateTimePeriod> createLastYearMonths(DateTimeZone zone) {
        ArrayList<DateTimePeriod> periods = new ArrayList<DateTimePeriod>();

        // get today's date
        DateTime now = new DateTime(zone);

        // start with today's current month and 11 others (last 12 months)
        for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
            // create a new period
            DateTimePeriod period = createMonth(now.getYear(), now.getMonthOfYear(), zone);
            periods.add(period);
            // subtract 1 month
            now = now.minusMonths(1);
        }

        return periods;
    }
static public List < DateTimePeriod > createLastYearMonths ( DateTimeZone zone ) { ArrayList < DateTimePeriod > periods = new ArrayList < DateTimePeriod > ( ) ; DateTime now = new DateTime ( zone ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < 12 ; i ++ ) { DateTimePeriod period = createMonth ( now . getYear ( ) , now . getMonthOfYear ( ) , zone ) ; periods . add ( period ) ; now = now . minusMonths ( 1 ) ; } return periods ; }
Create a list of DateTimePeriods that represent the last year of
YearMonth periods.  For example, if its currently January 2009, this
would return periods representing "January 2009, December 2008, ... February 2008"
@param zone
@return