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Year plusYears() Method in Java with Examples

plusYears() method of the Year class used to a copy of this Year after adding the specified number of years to this year.
This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Syntax:

public Year plusYears(long yearsToadd)

Parameters: This method accepts yearsToadd as parameter which is the years to add, may be negative.

Return value: This method returns Year based on this year with the years added.

Exception: This method throws following Exceptions:

  • DateTimeException – if the result exceeds the supported range.

Below programs illustrate the plusYears() method:
Program 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// Year.plusYears() method
  
import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // create a Year object
        Year year = Year.of(2019);
  
        // print instance
        System.out.println("Year :"
                           + year);
  
        // apply plusYears method
        Year value
            = year.plusYears(20);
  
        // print result
        System.out.println("After addition year: "
                           + value);
    }
}


Output:

Year :2019
After addition year: 2039

Program 2:




// Java program to demonstrate
// Year.plusYears() method
  
import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // create a Year object
        Year year = Year.of(2019);
  
        // print instance
        System.out.println("Year :"
                           + year);
  
        // apply plusYears method
        Year value
            = year.plusYears(1200);
  
        // print result
        System.out.println("After addition year: "
                           + value);
    }
}


Output:

Year :2019
After addition year: 3219

References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/Year.html#plusYears(long)

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