Duration ofSeconds(long) method in Java with Examples

The ofSeconds(long) method of Duration Class in java.time package is used to get a duration in a 1 second format. In this method, the seconds are calculated as total seconds in 1 second format, i.e. 1 second per second.

Syntax:

public static Duration ofSeconds(long seconds)

Parameters: This method accepts a parameter seconds which is the number of seconds. It can be positive or negative.

Return Value: This method returns a Duration representing the time in 1 second format.

Exception: This method throws ArithmeticException if the input seconds exceeds the capacity of Duration.

Below examples illustrate the Duration.ofSeconds() method:

Example 1:

// Java code to illustrate ofSeconds() method

import java.time.Duration;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // input number of Seconds
        long noOfSeconds = 5;

        // Duration using ofSeconds() method
        Duration duration
            = Duration.ofSeconds(noOfSeconds);

        System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
    }
}

Output:

5

Example 2:

// Java code to illustrate ofSeconds() method

import java.time.Duration;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // input number of Seconds
        long noOfSeconds = -214545;

        // Duration using ofSeconds() method
        Duration duration
            = Duration.ofSeconds(noOfSeconds);

        System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
    }
}

Output:

-214545

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/Duration.html#ofSeconds-long-