Year plusYears() Method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 16 Jan, 2019

plusYears() method of the Year class used to a copy of this Year after adding the specified number of years to this year.
This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

Syntax:

public Year plusYears(long yearsToadd)

Parameters: This method accepts yearsToadd as parameter which is the years to add, may be negative.

Return value: This method returns Year based on this year with the years added.

Exception: This method throws following Exceptions:

DateTimeException – if the result exceeds the supported range.

Below programs illustrate the plusYears() method:
Program 1:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// Year.plusYears() method 
  
import java.time.*; 
import java.time.temporal.*; 
  
public class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // create a Year object 
        Year year = Year.of(2019); 
  
        // print instance 
        System.out.println("Year :"
                           + year); 
  
        // apply plusYears method 
        Year value 
            = year.plusYears(20); 
  
        // print result 
        System.out.println("After addition year: "
                           + value); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Year :2019
After addition year: 2039

Program 2:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// Year.plusYears() method 
  
import java.time.*; 
import java.time.temporal.*; 
  
public class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // create a Year object 
        Year year = Year.of(2019); 
  
        // print instance 
        System.out.println("Year :"
                           + year); 
  
        // apply plusYears method 
        Year value 
            = year.plusYears(1200); 
  
        // print result 
        System.out.println("After addition year: "
                           + value); 
    } 
} 