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Java LocalDateTime Class | minusYears() Method with Example

LocalDateTime Class minusYears() method: Here, we are going to learn about the minusYears() method of LocalDateTime Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on June 08, 2020

LocalDateTime Class minusYears() method

• minusYears() method is available in java.time package.
• minusYears() method is used to subtract the given years from this date-time object and return the LocalDateTime.
• minusYears() 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.
• minusYears() method may throw an exception at the time of performing subtraction.
  DateTimeException – This exception may throw when the calculated result value exceeds the limit.

Syntax:

    public LocalDateTime minusYears(long yrs_val);

Parameter(s):

• long yrs_val – represents the years to be subtracted from this LocalDateTime.

Return value:

The return type of this method is LocalDateTime, it returns the LocalDateTime that holds the value subtracted the given years from this LocalDateTime.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of minusYears(long yrs_val) method 
// of LocalDateTime

import java.time.*;

public class MinusYearsOfLocalDateTime {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        long years = 3;
        // Instantiates two LocalDateTime
        LocalDateTime da_ti1 = LocalDateTime.parse("2005-10-05T10:10:10.00");
        LocalDateTime da_ti2 = LocalDateTime.now();

        // Display da_ti1, da_ti2 and
        // years
        System.out.println("LocalDateTime da_ti1 and da_ti2: ");
        System.out.println("da_ti1: " + da_ti1);
        System.out.println("da_ti2: " + da_ti2);
        System.out.println("years to subtract: " + years);

        System.out.println();

        // Here, this method subtracts the given
        // years from this date-time object i.e.
        // here we are subracting 3 years from 
        // this object da_ti1
        LocalDateTime minus_yrs = da_ti1.minusYears(years);

        // Display minus_yrs
        System.out.print("da_ti1.minusYears(years): ");
        System.out.println(minus_yrs);

        // Here, this method subtracts the given
        // years from this date-time object i.e.
        // here we are subracting 3 years from 
        // this object da_ti2
        minus_yrs = da_ti2.minusYears(years);

        // Display minus_yrs
        System.out.print("da_ti2.minusYears(years): ");
        System.out.println(minus_yrs);
    }
}

Output

LocalDateTime da_ti1 and da_ti2: 
da_ti1: 2005-10-05T10:10:10
da_ti2: 2020-06-08T03:27:40.531323
years to subtract: 3

da_ti1.minusYears(years): 2002-10-05T10:10:10
da_ti2.minusYears(years): 2017-06-08T03:27:40.531323