LocalTime minusSeconds() method in Java

An immutable copy of a LocalTime object where some seconds are subtracted from it can be obtained using the minusSeconds() method in the LocalTime class in Java. This method requires a single parameter i.e. the number of seconds to be subtracted and it returns the LocalTime object with the subtracted seconds.

A program that demonstrates this is given as follows −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.time.*; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       LocalTime lt = LocalTime.now();       System.out.println("The current LocalTime is: " + lt);       System.out.println("The LocalTime with 5 seconds subtracted is: " + lt.minusSeconds(5));    } }

Output

The current LocalTime is: 09:29:55.320 The LocalTime with 5 seconds subtracted is: 09:29:50.320

Now let us understand the above program.

First the current LocalTime is displayed. Then an immutable copy of the LocalTime where 5 seconds are subtracted is obtained using the minusSeconds() method and this is displayed. A code snippet that demonstrates this is as follows −

LocalTime lt = LocalTime.now(); System.out.println("The current LocalTime is: " + lt); System.out.println("The LocalTime with 5 seconds subtracted is: " + lt.minusSeconds(5));