java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMinutes() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMinutes(long minutesToSubtract) method returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified minutes subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMinutes(long minutesToSubtract) method.

public LocalDateTime minusMinutes(long minutesToSubtract)

Parameters

minutesToSubtract − the minutes to subtract, may be negative.

Return Value

a LocalDateTime based on this date-time with the minutes subtracted, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported date range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMinutes(long minutesToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class LocalDateTimeDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      LocalDateTime date = LocalDateTime.parse("2017-02-03T12:30:30");
      System.out.println(date.minusMinutes(2));
   }
}

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

2017-02-03T12:28:30