java.time.LocalDate.plusMonths() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.plusMonths(long monthsToAdd) method returns a copy of this date with the specified months added.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.plusMonths(long monthsToAdd) method.

public LocalDate plusMonths(long monthsToAdd)

Parameters

monthsToAdd − the months to add, may be negative.

Return Value

a LocalDate based on this date with the months added, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported date range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.plusMonths(long monthsToAdd) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
	  
      LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2017-02-03");
      System.out.println(date.plusMonths(2));  
   }
}

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

2017-04-03