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java.time.Year.minus() Method Example
Description
The java.time.Year.minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) method returns a copy of this year with the specified amount subtracted.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.time.Year.minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) method.
public Year minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit)
Parameters
amountToSubtract − the amount of the unit to subtract from the result, may be negative.
unit − the unit of the amount to subtract, not null.
Return Value
a Year based on this date with the specified amount subtracted, not null.
Exception
DateTimeException − if the subtraction cannot be made.
UnsupportedTemporalTypeException − if the unit is not supported.
ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.
Example
The following example shows the usage of java.time.Year.minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) method.
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.time.Year; import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit; public class YearDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Year date = Year.of(2017); System.out.println(date.minus(2,ChronoUnit.YEARS)); } }
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
2015