LocalDate minusYears() Method in Java

An immutable copy of the LocalDate where the years are subtracted from it can be obtained using the minusYears() method in the LocalDate class in Java. This method requires a single parameter i.e. the number of years to be subtracted and it returns the instant with the subtracted years.

A program that demonstrates this is given as follows

Example

 Live Demo

import java.time.*;
public class Demo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      LocalDate ld1 = LocalDate.parse("2019-02-14");
      System.out.println("The LocalDate is: " + ld1);
      LocalDate ld2 = ld1.minusYears(2);
      System.out.println("The LocalDate after subtracting 2 years is: " + ld2);
   }
}

Output

The LocalDate is: 2019-02-14
The LocalDate after subtracting 2 years is: 2017-02-14

Now let us understand the above program.

First the LocalDate is displayed. Then an immutable copy of the LocalDate where 2 years are subtracted is obtained using the minusYears() method and this is displayed. A code snippet that demonstrates this is as follows:

LocalDate ld1 = LocalDate.parse("2019-02-14");
System.out.println("The LocalDate is: " + ld1);
LocalDate ld2 = ld1.minusYears(2);
System.out.println("The LocalDate after subtracting 2 years is: " + ld2);