java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMonths() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMonths(long monthsToSubtract) method returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified months subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMonths(long monthsToSubtract) method.

public LocalDateTime minusMonths(long monthsToSubtract)

Parameters

monthsToSubtract − the months to subtract, may be negative.

Return Value

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

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported date range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDateTime.minusMonths(long monthsToSubtract) 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.minusMonths(2));  
   }
}

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

2016-12-03T12:30:30