The minusHours() method of OffsetTime class in Java returns a copy of this OffsetTime with the specified hours in the parameter getting subtracted.
Syntax :
public OffsetTime minusHours(long hours)
Parameter: This method accepts a single parameter hours which the hours to be subtracted. It may be negative.
Return Value: It returns a OffsetTime based on this time with the hours subtracted and it is not null.
Below programs illustrate the minusHours() method:
Program 1 :
// Java program to demonstrate the minusHours() method  import java.time.OffsetTime;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // Parses the time        OffsetTime time = OffsetTime.parse("11:10:10+05:05");          // Specified hours subtracted        System.out.println("After subtraction, time is: "                                       + time.minusHours(5));    }} |
After subtraction, time is: 06:10:10+05:05
Program 2 :
// Java program to demonstrate the minusHours() method  import java.time.OffsetTime;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // Parses the time        OffsetTime time = OffsetTime.parse("11:10:10+05:05");          // Specified hours subtracted        System.out.println("After subtraction, time is: "                                     + time.minusHours(-5));    }} |
After subtraction, time is: 16:10:10+05:05
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/OffsetTime.html#minusHours-long-
