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java.time.Duration.minus() Method Example
Description
The java.time.Duration.minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) method returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration subtracted.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) method.
public Duration minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit)
Parameters
amountToSubtract − the amount to subtract, measured in terms of the unit, positive or negative.
unit − the unit that the amount is measured in, must have an exact duration, not null.
Return Value
a Duration based on this duration with the specified duration subtracted, not null.
Exception
ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.
Example
The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) method.
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.time.Duration; import java.time.LocalTime; import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit; public class DurationDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Duration duration = Duration.between(LocalTime.NOON,LocalTime.MAX); System.out.println(duration.getSeconds()); Duration duration1 = duration.minus(100,ChronoUnit.SECONDS); System.out.println(duration1.getSeconds()); } }
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
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