Java Date Time - Duration.minusMillis() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Class:

java.time.Duration

Method:

public Duration minusMillis(long millisToSubtract)

Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in milliseconds subtracted.

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.duration;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class MinusMillisExample {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        Duration d = Duration.between(LocalDate.now().atStartOfDay(), LocalDateTime.now());
        System.out.println(d);

        Duration d2 = d.minusMillis(100);
        System.out.println(d2);

        d2 = d.minusMillis(-100);
        System.out.println(d2);

        d2 = d.minusMillis(-1000000);
        System.out.println(d2);
    }
}

Output

PT15H59M7.885S
PT15H59M7.785S
PT15H59M7.985S
PT16H15M47.885S

Java Date Time - Duration.minusMillis() Examples

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