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Instant Class minusSeconds() method: Here, we are going to learn about the minusSeconds() method of Instant Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 26, 2020

Instant Class minusSeconds() method

• minusSeconds() method is available in java.time package.
• minusSeconds() method is used to subtract the given duration in seconds from this Instant and returns the Instant.
• minusSeconds() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• minusSeconds() method may throw an exception at the time of performing subtraction.
  ArithmeticException: This exception may throw when the calculated result value exceeds the limit.

Syntax:

    public Instant minusSeconds(long sec_val);

Parameter(s):

• long sec_val – represents the seconds to be subtracted from this Instant.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Instant, it returns the Instant that holds the value subtracted the given duration in seconds from this Instant.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of minusSeconds(long sec_val) method 
// of Instant

import java.time.*;

public class MinusSecondsOfInstant {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        long seconds = 5;

        // Instantiates two Instant
        Instant ins1 = Instant.parse("2006-04-03T05:10:15.60Z");
        Instant ins2 = Instant.now();

        // Display ins1,ins2 and seconds
        System.out.println("Instant ins1 and ins2: ");
        System.out.println("ins1: " + ins1);
        System.out.println("ins2: " + ins2);
        System.out.println("seconds to subtract: " + seconds);

        System.out.println();

        // Here, this method subtracts the given duration
        // in seconds from this Instant ins1 
        // i.e. here we are subtracting the 
        // given 5 seconds from this ins1 

        Instant minus_sec = ins1.minusSeconds(seconds);

        // Display minus_sec
        System.out.println("ins1.minusSeconds(seconds): " + minus_sec);

        // Here, this method subtracts the given duration
        // in seconds from this Instant ins2 
        // i.e. here we are subtracting the given
        // 5 seconds from this ins2 

        minus_sec = ins2.minusSeconds(seconds);

        // Display minus_sec
        System.out.println("ins2.minusSeconds(seconds): " + minus_sec);
    }
}

Output

Instant ins1 and ins2: 
ins1: 2006-04-03T05:10:15.600Z
ins2: 2020-05-26T23:43:43.735769Z
seconds to subtract: 5

ins1.minusSeconds(seconds): 2006-04-03T05:10:10.600Z
ins2.minusSeconds(seconds): 2020-05-26T23:43:38.735769Z