java.time.Period.parse() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Period.parse(CharSequence text) method obtains a Period from a text string such as PnYnMnD and PnW.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Period.parse(CharSequence text) method.

public static Period parse(CharSequence text)

Parameters

text − the text to parse, not null.

Return Value

the parsed Period, not null.

Exception

DateTimeParseException − if the text cannot be parsed to a Period.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Period.parse(CharSequence text) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Period;

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

      Period period = Period.parse("P1Y2M3D");
      System.out.println("Years: " + period.getYears() 
         + ", Months: " + period.getMonths()
         +", Days: " + period.getDays());          
   }
}

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

Years: 1, Months: 2, Days: 3