java.time.Duration.minusDays() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Duration.minusDays(long daysToSubtract) method returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in standard 24 hour days subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.minusDays(long daysToSubtract) method.

public Duration minusDays(long daysToSubtract)

Parameters

daysToSubtract − the days to subtract, positive or negative.

Return Value

a Duration based on this duration with the specified days subtracted, not null.

Exception

ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.minusDays(long daysToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Duration;

public class DurationDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Duration duration = Duration.ofDays(5);
      System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
      Duration duration1 = duration.minusDays(3);
      System.out.println(duration1.getSeconds());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

432000
172800