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Java Date Time - OffsetDateTime.minusHours() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

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Class:

java.time.OffsetDateTime

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.time.OffsetDateTimejava.time.OffsetDateTimejava.time.temporal.TemporalTemporaljava.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusterTemporalAdjusterjava.lang.ComparableComparablejava.io.SerializableSerializableLogicBig

Method:

public OffsetDateTime minusHours(long hours)

Returns a copy of this OffsetDateTime with the specified number of hours subtracted, adjusting other fields if necessary.



Examples


package com.logicbig.example.offsetdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

public class MinusHoursExample {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        OffsetDateTime d = OffsetDateTime.of(LocalDateTime.of(2016, 10, 3,
                                                              14, 30),
                                             ZoneOffset.of("-5"));
        System.out.println(d);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = d.minusHours(8);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime2 = d.minusHours(200);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime2);
    }
}

Output

2016-10-03T14:30-05:00
2016-10-03T06:30-05:00
2016-09-25T06:30-05:00




package com.logicbig.example.offsetdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

public class MinusHoursExample2 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        OffsetDateTime d = OffsetDateTime.of(LocalDateTime.of(2016, 10, 3,
                                                              14, 30),
                                             ZoneOffset.of("-5"));
        System.out.println(d);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = d.minusHours(-8);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime2 = d.minusHours(-200);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime2);
    }
}

Output

2016-10-03T14:30-05:00
2016-10-03T22:30-05:00
2016-10-11T22:30-05:00

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