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HijrahDate minus(long, TemporalUnit) method in Java with Example

Last Updated : 29 Sep, 2021

The minus() method of java.time.chrono.HijrahDate class is used to get the hijrah date after subtracting an amount of temporal accessor unit from the current hijrah date.

Syntax:  

public HijrahDate minus(long amountToSubtract,
 TemporalUnit unit)

Parameter: This method takes the following argument as a parameter:  

  • amountToSubtract: which is the value of temporal unit which is going to subtract from the current hijrah date.
  • unit: which is the object of temporal unit or chrono unit.

Return Value: This method returns the Hijrah date after subtracting an amount of temporal accessor unit from current Hijrah date.

Below are the examples to illustrate the minus() method:

Example 1:


Output: 
old hijrah date: Hijrah-umalqura AH 1441-06-25
new hijrah date: Hijrah-umalqura AH 1441-06-03

 

Example 2: 


Output: 
old hijrah date: Hijrah-umalqura AH 1441-06-25
new hijrah date: Hijrah-umalqura AH 1401-06-25

 

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/chrono/HijrahDate.html#minus-long-java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit-

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