java.time.Duration.minusMillis() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Duration.minusMillis(long millisToSubtract) method returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in milliseconds subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.minusMillis(long millisToSubtract) method.

public Duration minusMillis(long millisToSubtract)

Parameters

millisToSubtract − the milliseconds to subtract, positive or negative.

Return Value

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

Exception

ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.minusMillis(long millisToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Duration;

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

      Duration duration = Duration.ofSeconds(5);
      Duration duration1 = duration.minusMillis(3);
      Duration duration2 = duration.minusMillis(4);
      System.out.println(duration1.getNano());
      System.out.println(duration2.getNano());
   }
}

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

997000000
996000000