java.time.Duration.of() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Duration.of(long amount, TemporalUnit unit) method obtains a Duration representing an amount in the specified unit.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.of(long amount, TemporalUnit unit) method.

public static Duration of(long amount, TemporalUnit unit)

Parameters

• amount − the amount of the duration, measured in terms of the unit, positive or negative.

• unit − the unit that the duration is measured in, must have an exact duration, not null.

Return Value

a Duration, not null.

Exception

• DateTimeException − if the period unit has an estimated duration.

• ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.of(long amount, TemporalUnit unit) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

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

      Duration duration = Duration.of(5, ChronoUnit.SECONDS);
      System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());      
   }
}

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

5