Java Date Time - Instant minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) example

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Instant minus(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit) returns a copy of this instant with the specified amount subtracted.

Syntax

minus has the following syntax.

public Instant minus(long amountToSubtract,  TemporalUnit unit)

Example

The following example shows how to use minus.

import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Instant instant = Instant.parse("2014-12-03T10:15:30.00Z");
    instant = instant.minus(100,ChronoUnit.DAYS);
    System.out.println(instant);
 
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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