java.time.YearMonth.plusYears() Method Example

Description

The java.time.YearMonth.plusYears(long years) method returns a copy of this YearMonth with the specified years added.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.YearMonth.plusYears(long years) method.

public YearMonth plusYears(long years)

Parameters

years − the years to add, positive or negative.

Return Value

a YearMonth based on this YearMonth with the specified years added, not null.

Exception

ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.YearMonth.plusYears(long years) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.YearMonth;

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

      YearMonth date = YearMonth.parse("2017-12");
      YearMonth date1 = date.plusYears(10);
      System.out.println(date1);   
   }
}

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

2027-12