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 −

43199
43099
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