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Java Duration Class | minusSeconds() Method with Example

Duration Class minusSeconds() method: Here, we are going to learn about the minusSeconds() method of Duration Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 16, 2020

Duration Class minusSeconds() method

• minusSeconds() method is available in java.time package.
• minusSeconds() method is used to subtract the given duration in seconds from this Duration and returns the Duration.
• minusSeconds() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• minusSeconds() method may throw an exception at the time of performing subtraction.
  ArithmeticException: This exception may throw when the calculated result value exceeds the limit.

Syntax:

    public Duration minusSeconds(long sec_val);

Parameter(s):

• long sec_val – represents the seconds to be subtracted from this Duration.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Duration, it returns the Duration that holds the value subtracted the given duration in seconds from this Duration.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of minusSeconds(long sec_val) method of Duration

import java.time.*;

public class MinusSecondsOfDuration {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        long seconds = 10;

        // Instantiates two Duration objects
        Duration du1 = Duration.ofSeconds(40);
        Duration du2 = Duration.ofMinutes(1);

        // Display du1, du2 
        System.out.println("du1: " + du1);
        System.out.println("du2: " + du2);
        System.out.println("seconds to subtract: " + seconds);

        System.out.println();

        // subtracts the given duration
        // in seconds from this Duration du1 
        // and returns the Duration i.e. here we 
        // are substracting the given 10 seconds
        // from this du1 that holds the value of 
        // 40 seconds
        Duration minus_val = du1.minusSeconds(seconds);

        // Display minus_val
        System.out.println("du1.minusSeconds(seconds): " + minus_val);

        // subtracts the given duration
        // in seconds from this Duration du2 
        // and returns the Duration i.e. here we 
        // are substracting the given 10 seconds
        // from this du2 that holds the value of 
        // 1 minutes = 60S i.e. (60S - 10S)
        minus_val = du2.minusSeconds(seconds);

        // Display minus_val
        System.out.println("du2.minusSeconds(seconds): " + minus_val);
    }
}

Output

du1: PT40S
du2: PT1M
seconds to subtract: 10

du1.minusSeconds(seconds): PT30S
du2.minusSeconds(seconds): PT50S