java.time.Period.minusYears() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Period.minusYears(long yearsToSubtract) method returns a copy of this Period with the specified years subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Period.minusYears(long yearsToSubtract) method.

public Period minusYears(long yearsToSubtract)

Parameters

yearsToSubtract − the years to subtract, positive or negative.

Return Value

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

Exception

ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Period.minusYears(long yearsToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Period;

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

      Period period = Period.ofYears(5);
      System.out.println(period.getYears());
      Period period1 = period.minusYears(3);
      System.out.println(period1.getYears());
   }
}

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

5
2