The java.time.YearMonth class is an immutable date-time object that represents the combination of a year and month.
Java YearMonth class methods
| Method | Description |
| Temporal adjustInto(Temporal temporal) | It is used to adjust the specified temporal object to have this year-month. |
| String format(DateTimeFormatter formatter) | It is used to format this year-month using the specified formatter. |
| int get(TemporalField field) | It is used to get the value of the specified field from this year-month as an int. |
| boolean isLeapYear() | It is used to check if the year is a leap year, according to the ISO proleptic calendar system rules. |
| static YearMonth now() | It is used to obtain the current year-month from the system clock in the default time zone. |
| static YearMonth of(int year, int month) | It is used to obtain an instance of YearMonth from a year and month. |
| YearMonth plus(TemporalAmount amountToAdd) | It is used to return a copy of this year-month with the specified amount added. |
| YearMonth minus (TemporalAmount amountToSubtract) | It is used to return a copy of this year-month with the specified amount subtracted. |
Example
package com.w3spoint;
import java.time.Period;
import java.time.YearMonth;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
public class TestExample {
public static void main(String args[]){
YearMonth yearMonth = YearMonth.now();
System.out.println(yearMonth);
//format() method
System.out.println(yearMonth.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM yyyy")));
//plus() method
System.out.println(yearMonth.plus(Period.ofYears(2)));
//minus() method
System.out.println(yearMonth.minus(Period.ofYears(2)));
}
} |
package com.w3spoint; import java.time.Period;
import java.time.YearMonth;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class TestExample {
public static void main(String args[]){
YearMonth yearMonth = YearMonth.now();
System.out.println(yearMonth);
//format() method
System.out.println(yearMonth.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM yyyy")));
//plus() method
System.out.println(yearMonth.plus(Period.ofYears(2)));
//minus() method
System.out.println(yearMonth.minus(Period.ofYears(2)));
}
}
Output
2018-04
04 2018
2020-04
2016-04 |
2018-04
04 2018
2020-04
2016-04
