java.time.Duration.minusHours() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Duration.minusHours(long hoursToSubtract) method returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in hours subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.minusHours(long hoursToSubtract) method.

public Duration minusHours(long hoursToSubtract)

Parameters

hoursToSubtract − the hours to subtract, positive or negative.

Return Value

a Duration based on this duration with the specified hours subtracted, not null.

Exception

ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.minusHours(long hoursToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Duration;

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

      Duration duration = Duration.ofHours(5);
      System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
      Duration duration1 = duration.minusHours(3);
      System.out.println(duration1.getSeconds());
   }
}

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

18000
7200