The minus(Duration) method of Duration Class in java.time package is used to get an immutable copy of this duration with the specified duration subtracted, passed as the parameter.
Syntax:
public Duration minus(Duration duration)
Parameters: This method accepts a parameter duration which is the duration to be subtracted. It can be positive or negative but not null.
Return Value: This method returns a Duration which is an immutable copy of the existing duration with the parameter amount of duration subtracted to it.
Exception: This method throws ArithmeticException if numeric overflow occurs.
Below examples illustrate the Duration.minus() method:
Example 1:
Java
// Java code to illustrate minus() methodimport java.time.Duration;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Duration 1 using parse() method Duration duration1 = Duration.parse("P2DT3H4M"); // Duration 2 using ofHours() method Duration duration2 = Duration.ofHours(5); // Get the duration subtracted // using minus() method System.out.println(duration1 .minus(duration2)); }} |
Output:
PT46H4M
Example 2:
Java
// Java code to illustrate minus() methodimport java.time.Duration;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Duration 1 using parse() method Duration duration1 = Duration.parse("P0DT0H4M"); // Duration 2 using ofHours() method Duration duration2 = Duration.ofDays(5); // Get the duration subtracted // using minus() method System.out.println(duration1 .minus(duration2)); }} |
Output:
PT-119H-56M
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/Duration.html#minus-java.time.Duration-
