java.time.Period.minus() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Period.minus() method returns a copy of this Period with the specified Period subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Period.minus() method.

public Period minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract)

Parameters

amountToSubtract − the amount to subtract, not null.

Return Value

a Period based on this Period with the specified Period subtracted, not null.

Exception

• DateTimeException − if the specified amount has a non-ISO chronology or contains an invalid unit.

• ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Period.minus() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Period;

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

      Period period = Period.of(10,5,2); 
      System.out.println(period.getDays());
      Period period1 = Period.of(5,5,2);
      System.out.println(period1.getDays());
      System.out.println(period.minus(period1).getDays());
   }
}

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

2
2
0