java.time.OffsetDateTime.plusHours() Method Example

Description

The java.time.OffsetDateTime.plusHours(long hours) method returns a copy of this date-time with the specified hours added.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.OffsetDateTime.plusHours(long hours) method.

public OffsetDateTime plusHours(long hours)

Parameters

hours − the hours to add, may be negative.

Return Value

a OffsetDateTime based on this date-time with the hours added, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if the result exceeds the supported date range.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.OffsetDateTime.plusHours(long hours) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;

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

      OffsetDateTime date = OffsetDateTime.parse("2017-02-03T10:15:30+01:00");
      System.out.println(date.plusHours(2));  
   }
}

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

2017-02-03T12:15:30+01:00