Period plusYears() method in Java

An immutable copy of the Period object where some years are added to it can be obtained using the plusYears() method in the Period class in Java. This method requires a single parameter i.e. the number of years to be added and it returns the Period object with the added years.

A program that demonstrates this is given as follows

Example

 Live Demo

import java.time.Period;
public class Demo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String period = "P5Y7M15D";
      Period p1 = Period.parse(period);
      System.out.println("The Period is: " + p1);
      Period p2 = p1.plusYears(3);
      System.out.println("The Period after adding 3 years is: " + p2);
   }
}

Output

The Period is: P5Y7M15D
The Period after adding 3 years is: P8Y7M15D

Now let us understand the above program.

First the current Period is displayed. Then an immutable copy of the Period where 3 years are added is obtained using the plusYears() method and this is displayed. A code snippet that demonstrates this is as follows:

String period = "P5Y7M15D";
Period p1 = Period.parse(period);
System.out.println("The Period is: " + p1);
Period p2 = p1.plusYears(3);
System.out.println("The Period after adding 3 years is: " + p2);