java.time.LocalDate.minusWeeks() Method Example



Description

The java.time.LocalDate.minusWeeks(long weeksToSubtract) method returns a copy of this date with the specified weeks subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.minusWeeks(long weeksToSubtract) method.

public LocalDate minusWeeks(long weeksToSubtract)

Parameters

weeksToSubtract − the weeks to subtract, may be negative.

Return Value

a LocalDate based on this date with the weeks subtracted, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported date range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.minusWeeks(long weeksToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;

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

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

2017-01-20
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