The minusMonths() method of YearMonth class in Java is used to return a copy of this YearMonth with the specified number of months subtracted.
Syntax:
public YearMonth minusMonths(
long monthsToSubtract)
Parameter: This method accepts monthsToSubtract as parameters which represents months to subtract. It may be negative.
Return Value: It returns a YearMonth based on this year-month with the months subtracted.
Exceptions: This method throws DateTimeException if the result exceeds the supported range.
Below programs illustrate the minusMonths() method of YearMonth in Java:
Program 1:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// YearMonth.minusMonths() methodimport java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // create YearMonth object YearMonth yearmonth = YearMonth.parse("2020-05"); // It is May 2020 // apply minusMonths() method // of YearMonth class YearMonth result = yearmonth.minusMonths(2); // It subtracts 2 months from May 2020 // So it will be March 2020 // print year and month both System.out.println("Modified YearMonth: " + result); }} |
Output:
Modified YearMonth: 2020-03
Program 2:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// YearMonth.minusMonths() methodimport java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // create YearMonth object YearMonth yearmonth = YearMonth.parse("2019-10"); // apply minusMonths() method // of YearMonth class YearMonth result = yearmonth.minusMonths(10); // Subtracting 10 months will turn it into // December of 2018 (previous year) // print year and month both System.out.println( "Modified YearMonth: " + result); }} |
Output:
Modified YearMonth: 2018-12
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/YearMonth.html#minusMonths(long)
