java.time.Instant.from() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Instant.from(TemporalAccessor temporal) method obtains an instance of Instant from a temporal object.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Instant.from(TemporalAccessor temporal) method.

public static Instant from(TemporalAccessor temporal)

Parameters

temporal − the temporal object to convert, not null.

Return Value

the instant, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if unable to convert to an Instant.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Instant.from(TemporalAccessor temporal) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;

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

      ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime = ZonedDateTime.now();

      Instant instant = Instant.from(zonedDateTime);

      System.out.println(instant);
   }
}

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

2017-03-10T09:29:03.044Z