java.time.YearMonth.minusYears() Method Example

Description

The java.time.YearMonth.minusYears(long yearsToSubtract) method returns a copy of this YearMonth with the specified years subtracted.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.YearMonth.minusYears(long yearsToSubtract) method.

public YearMonth minusYears(long yearsToSubtract)

Parameters

yearsToSubtract − the years to subtract, positive or negative.

Return Value

a YearMonth based on this YearMonth with the specified years subtracted, not null.

Exception

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.YearMonth.minusYears(long yearsToSubtract) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.YearMonth;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;

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

      YearMonth date = YearMonth.of(2017,12); 
      System.out.println(date.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
      System.out.println(date.minusYears(4).get(ChronoField.YEAR));
   }
}

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

2017
2013