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Java Date Time - OffsetDateTime.minusYears() 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 minusYears(long years)

Returns a copy of this OffsetDateTime with the specified number of years subtracted.



Examples


package com.logicbig.example.offsetdatetime;

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

public class MinusYearsExample {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        OffsetDateTime d = OffsetDateTime.of(LocalDateTime.of(2012, 5, 19,
                                                              20, 24, 10),
                                             ZoneOffset.of("-6"));
        System.out.println(d);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = d.minusYears(14);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime2 = d.minusYears(305);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime2);
    }
}

Output

2012-05-19T20:24:10-06:00
1998-05-19T20:24:10-06:00
1707-05-19T20:24:10-06:00




package com.logicbig.example.offsetdatetime;

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

public class MinusYearsExample2 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        OffsetDateTime d = OffsetDateTime.of(LocalDateTime.of(2012, 5, 19,
                                                              20, 24, 10),
                                             ZoneOffset.of("-6"));
        System.out.println(d);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = d.minusYears(-14);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime);

        OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime2 = d.minusYears(-305);
        System.out.println(offsetDateTime2);
    }
}

Output

2012-05-19T20:24:10-06:00
2026-05-19T20:24:10-06:00
2317-05-19T20:24:10-06:00

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