Duration plusMinutes(long) method in Java with Examples

The plusMinutes(long) method of Duration Class in java.time package is used to get an immutable copy of this duration with the specified number of minutes added, passed as the parameter.

Syntax:

public Duration plusMinutes(long numberOfMinutes)

Parameters: This method accepts a parameter numberOfMinutes which is the number of minutes to be added. It can be positive or negative but not null.

Return Value: This method returns a Duration which is an immutable copy of the existing duration with the parameter amount of minutes added to it.

Exception: This method throws ArithmeticException if numeric overflow occurs.

Below examples illustrate the Duration.plusMinutes() method:

Example 1:

// Java code to illustrate plusMinutes() method

import java.time.Duration;

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

        // Duration 1 using parse() method
        Duration duration1
            = Duration.parse("P2DT3H4M");

        // Get the duration added
        // using plusMinutes() method
        System.out.println(duration1.plusMinutes(2));
    }
}

Output:

PT51H6M

Example 2:

// Java code to illustrate plusMinutes() method

import java.time.Duration;

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

        // Duration 1 using parse() method
        Duration duration1
            = Duration.parse("P0DT0H4M");

        // Get the duration added
        // using plusMinutes() method
        System.out.println(duration1.plusMinutes(5));
    }
}

Output:

PT9M

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