java.time.LocalDate.minus() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) method returns a copy of this date with the specified amount subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) method.

public LocalDate minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract)

Parameters

amountToSubtract − the amount to subtract, not null.

Return Value

a LocalDate based on this date with the subtraction made, not null.

Exceptions

• DateTimeException − if the subtraction cannot be made.

• ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Period;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
	  
      LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2017-02-03");
      System.out.println(date.minus(Period.ofDays(2)));  
   }
}

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

2017-02-01