java.time.YearMonth.minusMonths() Method Example

Description

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

Declaration

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

public YearMonth minusMonths(long monthsToSubtract)

Parameters

monthsToSubtract − the months to subtract, positive or negative.

Return Value

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

Exception

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.YearMonth.minusMonths(long monthsToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.YearMonth;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;

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

      YearMonth date = YearMonth.of(2017,12); 
      System.out.println(date.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
      System.out.println(date.minusMonths(4).get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
   }
}

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

12
8