java.time.Instant.plus() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Instant.plus(long amountToAdd, TemporalUnit unit) method returns a copy of this instant with the specified amount added.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Instant.plus(long amountToAdd, TemporalUnit unit) method.

public Instant plus(long amountToAdd, TemporalUnit unit)

Parameters

• amountToAdd − the amount of the unit to add from the result, may be negative.

• unit − the unit of the amount to add, not null.

Return Value

an Instant based on this instant with the specified amount added, not null.

Exceptions

• DateTimeException − if the addition cannot be made.

• UnsupportedTemporalTypeException − if the unit is not supported.

• ArithmeticException − if numeric overflow occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Instant.plus(long amountToAdd, TemporalUnit unit) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

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

      Instant instant = Instant.parse("2017-02-03T10:37:30.00Z");
      Instant result = instant.plus(10, ChronoUnit.MINUTES);
      System.out.println(result);  
   }
}

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

2017-02-03T10:47:30Z