Duration of(long, TemporalUnit) method in Java with Examples
The of(long, TemporalUnit) method of Duration Class in java.time package is used to get a duration of the amount passed as the first parameter in the TemporalUnit passed as the second parameter. The TemporalUnit can be DAYS, HOURS, etc.
Syntax:
public static Duration of(long amount, TemporalUnit unit)
Parameters: This method accepts two parameters:
- amount: which is the number of Seconds. It can be positive or negative.
- unit: which is the TemporalUnit in which the unit is to be specified.
Return Value: This method returns a Duration representing the time in specified unit format.
Exception: This method throws following unit:
- ArithmeticException: if the input Seconds exceeds the capacity of Duration.
- DateTimeException: if the period unit has an estimated duration
Below examples illustrate the Duration.of() method:
Example 1:
// Java code to illustrate of() method import java.time.*; import java.time.temporal.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // input amount of time long timeAmount = 5; // Duration using of() method Duration duration = Duration.of(timeAmount, ChronoUnit.DAYS); System.out.println(duration.getSeconds()); } } |
Output:
432000
Example 2:
// Java code to illustrate of() method import java.time.*; import java.time.temporal.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // input amount of time long timeAmount = 5; // Duration using of() method Duration duration = Duration.of(timeAmount, ChronoUnit.HOURS); System.out.println(duration.getSeconds()); } } |
Output:
18000
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