Duration minus(Duration) method in Java with Examples
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() method import 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() method import 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-