java.time.Duration.compareTo() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Duration.compareTo() method compares this duration to the specified Duration.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.compareTo() method.

public int compareTo(Duration otherDuration)

Parameters

otherDuration − the other duration to compare to, not null.

Return Value

the comparator value, negative if less, positive if greater.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.compareTo() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.time.LocalTime;

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

      Duration duration = Duration.between(LocalTime.NOON,LocalTime.MAX); 
      Duration duration1 = Duration.between(LocalTime.NOON,LocalTime.MIN); 

      System.out.println(duration.compareTo(duration1));
      System.out.println(duration1.compareTo(duration1));
      System.out.println(duration1.compareTo(duration));
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

1
0
-1