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Java Date Time - LocalDate.minusWeeks() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Java Date Time Java Java API

Class:

java.time.LocalDate

Method:


public LocalDate minusWeeks(long weeksToSubtract)

This method subtracts the specified amount of weeks from the days field (adjusting other fields if necessary)

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.localdate;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Month;

public class MinusWeeksExample {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalDate d = LocalDate.of(2016, Month.FEBRUARY, 29);
        LocalDate localDate = d.minusWeeks(200);
        System.out.println(localDate);
    }

}

Output

2012-04-30

package com.logicbig.example.localdate;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Month;

public class MinusWeeksExample2 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalDate d = LocalDate.of(2016, Month.MARCH, 1);
        LocalDate localDate = d.minusWeeks(2);
        System.out.println(localDate);
    }

}

Output

2016-02-16

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