java.time.LocalDateTime.minus() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDateTime.minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) method returns a copy of this date-time with the specified amount subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDateTime.minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) method.

public LocalDateTime minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract)

Parameters

amountToSubtract − the amount to subtract, not null.

Return Value

a LocalDateTime based on this date-time with the subtraction made, not null.

Exceptions

• DateTimeException − if the subtraction cannot be made.

• ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDateTime.minus(TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.Period;

public class LocalDateTimeDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      LocalDateTime date = LocalDateTime.parse("2017-02-03T12:30:30");
      System.out.println(date.minus(Period.ofDays(2)));  
   }
}

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

2017-02-01T12:30:30