Class Duration

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Comparable<Duration>, TemporalAmount

    public final class Duration
    extends Object
    implements TemporalAmount, Comparable<Duration>, Serializable
    A time-based amount of time, such as '34.5 seconds'.

    This class models a quantity or amount of time in terms of seconds and nanoseconds. It can be accessed using other duration-based units, such as minutes and hours. In addition, the DAYS unit can be used and is treated as exactly equal to 24 hours, thus ignoring daylight savings effects. See Period for the date-based equivalent to this class.

    A physical duration could be of infinite length. For practicality, the duration is stored with constraints similar to Instant. The duration uses nanosecond resolution with a maximum value of the seconds that can be held in a long. This is greater than the current estimated age of the universe.

    The range of a duration requires the storage of a number larger than a long. To achieve this, the class stores a long representing seconds and an int representing nanosecond-of-second, which will always be between 0 and 999,999,999.

    The duration is measured in "seconds", but these are not necessarily identical to the scientific "SI second" definition based on atomic clocks. This difference only impacts durations measured near a leap-second and should not affect most applications. See Instant for a discussion as to the meaning of the second and time-scales.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static Duration ZERO
      Constant for a duration of zero.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      Duration abs()
      Returns a copy of this duration with a positive length.
      Temporal addTo​(Temporal temporal)
      Adds this duration to the specified temporal object.
      static Duration between​(Temporal startInclusive, Temporal endExclusive)
      Obtains an instance of Duration representing the duration between two instants.
      int compareTo​(Duration otherDuration)
      Compares this duration to the specified Duration.
      Duration dividedBy​(long divisor)
      Returns a copy of this duration divided by the specified value.
      boolean equals​(Object otherDuration)
      Checks if this duration is equal to the specified Duration.
      static Duration from​(TemporalAmount amount)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from an amount.
      long get​(TemporalUnit unit)
      Gets the amount associated with the specified unit.
      int getNano()
      Gets the number of nanoseconds within the second in this duration.
      long getSeconds()
      Gets the number of seconds in this duration.
      List<TemporalUnit> getUnits()
      Gets the list of units, from largest to smallest, that fully define this amount.
      int hashCode()
      A hash code for this duration.
      boolean isNegative()
      Checks if this duration is negative, excluding zero.
      boolean isZero()
      Checks if this duration is zero length.
      Duration minus​(long amountToSubtract, TemporalUnit unit)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration subtracted.
      Duration minus​(Duration duration)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration subtracted.
      Duration minusDays​(long daysToSubtract)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in 24 hour days subtracted.
      Duration minusHours​(long hoursToSubtract)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in hours subtracted.
      Duration minusMillis​(long millisToSubtract)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in milliseconds subtracted.
      Duration minusMinutes​(long minutesToSubtract)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in minutes subtracted.
      Duration minusNanos​(long nanosToSubtract)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in nanoseconds subtracted.
      Duration minusSeconds​(long secondsToSubtract)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in seconds subtracted.
      Duration multipliedBy​(long multiplicand)
      Returns a copy of this duration multiplied by the scalar.
      Duration negated()
      Returns a copy of this duration with the length negated.
      static Duration of​(long amount, TemporalUnit unit)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a duration in the specified unit.
      static Duration ofDays​(long days)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of standard 24 hour days.
      static Duration ofHours​(long hours)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of standard length hours.
      static Duration ofMillis​(long millis)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of milliseconds.
      static Duration ofMinutes​(long minutes)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of standard length minutes.
      static Duration ofNanos​(long nanos)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of nanoseconds.
      static Duration ofSeconds​(long seconds)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of seconds.
      static Duration ofSeconds​(long seconds, long nanoAdjustment)
      Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of seconds and an adjustment in nanoseconds.
      static Duration parse​(CharSequence text)
      Obtains a Duration from a text string such as PnDTnHnMn.nS.
      Duration plus​(long amountToAdd, TemporalUnit unit)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration added.
      Duration plus​(Duration duration)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration added.
      Duration plusDays​(long daysToAdd)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in 24 hour days added.
      Duration plusHours​(long hoursToAdd)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in hours added.
      Duration plusMillis​(long millisToAdd)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in milliseconds added.
      Duration plusMinutes​(long minutesToAdd)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in minutes added.
      Duration plusNanos​(long nanosToAdd)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in nanoseconds added.
      Duration plusSeconds​(long secondsToAdd)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in seconds added.
      Temporal subtractFrom​(Temporal temporal)
      Subtracts this duration from the specified temporal object.
      long toDays()
      Gets the number of days in this duration.
      long toDaysPart()
      Extracts the number of days in this duration.
      long toHours()
      Gets the number of hours in this duration.
      int toHoursPart()
      Extracts the number of hours part in this duration.
      long toMillis()
      Converts this duration to the total length in milliseconds.
      int toMillisPart()
      Extracts the number of milliseconds part of this duration.
      long toMinutes()
      Gets the number of minutes in this duration.
      int toMinutesPart()
      Extracts the number of minutes part in this duration.
      long toNanos()
      Converts this duration to the total length in nanoseconds expressed as a long.
      int toNanosPart()
      Get the nanoseconds part within seconds of the duration.
      int toSecondsPart()
      Extracts the number of seconds part in this duration.
      String toString()
      A string representation of this duration using ISO-8601 seconds based representation, such as PT8H6M12.345S.
      Duration withNanos​(int nanoOfSecond)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified nano-of-second.
      Duration withSeconds​(long seconds)
      Returns a copy of this duration with the specified amount of seconds.
    • Field Detail

      • ZERO

        public static final Duration ZERO
        Constant for a duration of zero.
    • Method Detail

      • ofDays

        public static Duration ofDays​(long days)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of standard 24 hour days.

        The seconds are calculated based on the standard definition of a day, where each day is 86400 seconds which implies a 24 hour day. The nanosecond in second field is set to zero.

        Parameters:
        days - the number of days, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if the input days exceeds the capacity of Duration
      • ofHours

        public static Duration ofHours​(long hours)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of standard length hours.

        The seconds are calculated based on the standard definition of an hour, where each hour is 3600 seconds. The nanosecond in second field is set to zero.

        Parameters:
        hours - the number of hours, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if the input hours exceeds the capacity of Duration
      • ofMinutes

        public static Duration ofMinutes​(long minutes)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of standard length minutes.

        The seconds are calculated based on the standard definition of a minute, where each minute is 60 seconds. The nanosecond in second field is set to zero.

        Parameters:
        minutes - the number of minutes, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if the input minutes exceeds the capacity of Duration
      • ofSeconds

        public static Duration ofSeconds​(long seconds)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of seconds.

        The nanosecond in second field is set to zero.

        Parameters:
        seconds - the number of seconds, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
      • ofSeconds

        public static Duration ofSeconds​(long seconds,
                                         long nanoAdjustment)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of seconds and an adjustment in nanoseconds.

        This method allows an arbitrary number of nanoseconds to be passed in. The factory will alter the values of the second and nanosecond in order to ensure that the stored nanosecond is in the range 0 to 999,999,999. For example, the following will result in the exactly the same duration:

          Duration.ofSeconds(3, 1);
          Duration.ofSeconds(4, -999_999_999);
          Duration.ofSeconds(2, 1000_000_001);
         
        Parameters:
        seconds - the number of seconds, positive or negative
        nanoAdjustment - the nanosecond adjustment to the number of seconds, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if the adjustment causes the seconds to exceed the capacity of Duration
      • ofMillis

        public static Duration ofMillis​(long millis)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of milliseconds.

        The seconds and nanoseconds are extracted from the specified milliseconds.

        Parameters:
        millis - the number of milliseconds, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
      • ofNanos

        public static Duration ofNanos​(long nanos)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a number of nanoseconds.

        The seconds and nanoseconds are extracted from the specified nanoseconds.

        Parameters:
        nanos - the number of nanoseconds, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
      • of

        public static Duration of​(long amount,
                                  TemporalUnit unit)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from a duration in the specified unit.

        The parameters represent the two parts of a phrase like '6 Hours'. For example:

          Duration.of(3, SECONDS);
          Duration.of(465, HOURS);
         
        Only a subset of units are accepted by this method. The unit must either have an exact duration or be ChronoUnit.DAYS which is treated as 24 hours. Other units throw an exception.
        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
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeException - if the period unit has an estimated duration
        ArithmeticException - if a numeric overflow occurs
      • from

        public static Duration from​(TemporalAmount amount)
        Obtains an instance of Duration from an amount.

        This obtains a duration based on the specified amount. A TemporalAmount represents an amount of time, which may be date-based or time-based, which this factory extracts to a duration.

        The conversion loops around the set of units from the amount and uses the duration of the unit to calculate the total Duration. Only a subset of units are accepted by this method. The unit must either have an exact duration or be ChronoUnit.DAYS which is treated as 24 hours. If any other units are found then an exception is thrown.

        Parameters:
        amount - the amount to convert, not null
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeException - if the amount cannot be converted
        ArithmeticException - if a numeric overflow occurs
      • between

        public static Duration between​(Temporal startInclusive,
                                       Temporal endExclusive)
        Obtains an instance of Duration representing the duration between two instants.

        Obtains a Duration representing the duration between two instants. This calculates the duration between two temporal objects of the same type. The difference in seconds is calculated using Temporal.until(Temporal, TemporalUnit). The difference in nanoseconds is calculated using by querying the NANO_OF_SECOND field.

        The result of this method can be a negative period if the end is before the start. To guarantee to obtain a positive duration call abs() on the result.

        Parameters:
        startInclusive - the start instant, inclusive, not null
        endExclusive - the end instant, exclusive, not null
        Returns:
        a Duration, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeException - if the seconds between the temporals cannot be obtained
        ArithmeticException - if the calculation exceeds the capacity of Duration
      • parse

        public static Duration parse​(CharSequence text)
        Obtains a Duration from a text string such as PnDTnHnMn.nS.

        This will parse a textual representation of a duration, including the string produced by toString(). The formats accepted are based on the ISO-8601 duration format PnDTnHnMn.nS with days considered to be exactly 24 hours.

        The string starts with an optional sign, denoted by the ASCII negative or positive symbol. If negative, the whole period is negated. The ASCII letter "P" is next in upper or lower case. There are then four sections, each consisting of a number and a suffix. The sections have suffixes in ASCII of "D", "H", "M" and "S" for days, hours, minutes and seconds, accepted in upper or lower case. The suffixes must occur in order. The ASCII letter "T" must occur before the first occurrence, if any, of an hour, minute or second section. At least one of the four sections must be present, and if "T" is present there must be at least one section after the "T". The number part of each section must consist of one or more ASCII digits. The number may be prefixed by the ASCII negative or positive symbol. The number of days, hours and minutes must parse to a long. The number of seconds must parse to a long with optional fraction. The decimal point may be either a dot or a comma. The fractional part may have from zero to 9 digits.

        The leading plus/minus sign, and negative values for other units are not part of the ISO-8601 standard.

        Examples:

            "PT20.345S" -> parses as "20.345 seconds"
            "PT15M"     -> parses as "15 minutes" (where a minute is 60 seconds)
            "PT10H"     -> parses as "10 hours" (where an hour is 3600 seconds)
            "P2D"       -> parses as "2 days" (where a day is 24 hours or 86400 seconds)
            "P2DT3H4M"  -> parses as "2 days, 3 hours and 4 minutes"
            "P-6H3M"    -> parses as "-6 hours and +3 minutes"
            "-P6H3M"    -> parses as "-6 hours and -3 minutes"
            "-P-6H+3M"  -> parses as "+6 hours and -3 minutes"
         
        Parameters:
        text - the text to parse, not null
        Returns:
        the parsed duration, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeParseException - if the text cannot be parsed to a duration
      • getUnits

        public List<TemporalUnit> getUnits()
        Description copied from interface: TemporalAmount
        Gets the list of units, from largest to smallest, that fully define this amount.
        Specified by:
        getUnits in interface TemporalAmount
        Returns:
        the list of units.
      • get

        public long get​(TemporalUnit unit)
        Description copied from interface: TemporalAmount
        Gets the amount associated with the specified unit.
        Specified by:
        get in interface TemporalAmount
        Parameters:
        unit - the unit to get, not null
        Returns:
        the amount of the unit
      • isZero

        public boolean isZero()
        Checks if this duration is zero length.

        A Duration represents a directed distance between two points on the time-line and can therefore be positive, zero or negative. This method checks whether the length is zero.

        Returns:
        true if this duration has a total length equal to zero
      • isNegative

        public boolean isNegative()
        Checks if this duration is negative, excluding zero.

        A Duration represents a directed distance between two points on the time-line and can therefore be positive, zero or negative. This method checks whether the length is less than zero.

        Returns:
        true if this duration has a total length less than zero
      • getSeconds

        public long getSeconds()
        Gets the number of seconds in this duration.

        The length of the duration is stored using two fields - seconds and nanoseconds. The nanoseconds part is a value from 0 to 999,999,999 that is an adjustment to the length in seconds. The total duration is defined by calling this method and getNano().

        A Duration represents a directed distance between two points on the time-line. A negative duration is expressed by the negative sign of the seconds part. A duration of -1 nanosecond is stored as -1 seconds plus 999,999,999 nanoseconds.

        Returns:
        the whole seconds part of the length of the duration, positive or negative
      • getNano

        public int getNano()
        Gets the number of nanoseconds within the second in this duration.

        The length of the duration is stored using two fields - seconds and nanoseconds. The nanoseconds part is a value from 0 to 999,999,999 that is an adjustment to the length in seconds. The total duration is defined by calling this method and getSeconds().

        A Duration represents a directed distance between two points on the time-line. A negative duration is expressed by the negative sign of the seconds part. A duration of -1 nanosecond is stored as -1 seconds plus 999,999,999 nanoseconds.

        Returns:
        the nanoseconds within the second part of the length of the duration, from 0 to 999,999,999
      • withSeconds

        public Duration withSeconds​(long seconds)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified amount of seconds.

        This returns a duration with the specified seconds, retaining the nano-of-second part of this duration.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        seconds - the seconds to represent, may be negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this period with the requested seconds, not null
      • withNanos

        public Duration withNanos​(int nanoOfSecond)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified nano-of-second.

        This returns a duration with the specified nano-of-second, retaining the seconds part of this duration.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        nanoOfSecond - the nano-of-second to represent, from 0 to 999,999,999
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this period with the requested nano-of-second, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeException - if the nano-of-second is invalid
      • plus

        public Duration plus​(Duration duration)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        duration - the duration to add, positive or negative, not null
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified duration added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plus

        public Duration plus​(long amountToAdd,
                             TemporalUnit unit)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration added.

        The duration amount is measured in terms of the specified unit. Only a subset of units are accepted by this method. The unit must either have an exact duration or be ChronoUnit.DAYS which is treated as 24 hours. Other units throw an exception.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        amountToAdd - the amount of the period, measured in terms of the unit, positive or negative
        unit - the unit that the period is measured in, must have an exact duration, not null
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified duration added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plusDays

        public Duration plusDays​(long daysToAdd)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in 24 hour days added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        daysToAdd - the days to add, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified days added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plusHours

        public Duration plusHours​(long hoursToAdd)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in hours added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        hoursToAdd - the hours to add, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified hours added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plusMinutes

        public Duration plusMinutes​(long minutesToAdd)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in minutes added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        minutesToAdd - the minutes to add, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified minutes added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plusSeconds

        public Duration plusSeconds​(long secondsToAdd)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in seconds added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        secondsToAdd - the seconds to add, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified seconds added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plusMillis

        public Duration plusMillis​(long millisToAdd)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in milliseconds added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        millisToAdd - the milliseconds to add, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified milliseconds added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • plusNanos

        public Duration plusNanos​(long nanosToAdd)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in nanoseconds added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        nanosToAdd - the nanoseconds to add, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified nanoseconds added, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minus

        public Duration minus​(Duration duration)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        duration - the duration to subtract, positive or negative, not null
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified duration subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minus

        public Duration minus​(long amountToSubtract,
                              TemporalUnit unit)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration subtracted.

        The duration amount is measured in terms of the specified unit. Only a subset of units are accepted by this method. The unit must either have an exact duration or be ChronoUnit.DAYS which is treated as 24 hours. Other units throw an exception.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        amountToSubtract - the amount of the period, measured in terms of the unit, positive or negative
        unit - the unit that the period is measured in, must have an exact duration, not null
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified duration subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minusDays

        public Duration minusDays​(long daysToSubtract)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in 24 hour days subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        daysToSubtract - the days to subtract, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified days subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minusHours

        public Duration minusHours​(long hoursToSubtract)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in hours subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        hoursToSubtract - the hours to subtract, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified hours subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minusMinutes

        public Duration minusMinutes​(long minutesToSubtract)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in minutes subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        minutesToSubtract - the minutes to subtract, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified minutes subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minusSeconds

        public Duration minusSeconds​(long secondsToSubtract)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in seconds subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        secondsToSubtract - the seconds to subtract, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified seconds subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minusMillis

        public Duration minusMillis​(long millisToSubtract)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in milliseconds subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        millisToSubtract - the milliseconds to subtract, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified milliseconds subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • minusNanos

        public Duration minusNanos​(long nanosToSubtract)
        Returns a copy of this duration with the specified duration in nanoseconds subtracted.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        nanosToSubtract - the nanoseconds to subtract, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the specified nanoseconds subtracted, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • multipliedBy

        public Duration multipliedBy​(long multiplicand)
        Returns a copy of this duration multiplied by the scalar.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        multiplicand - the value to multiply the duration by, positive or negative
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration multiplied by the specified scalar, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • dividedBy

        public Duration dividedBy​(long divisor)
        Returns a copy of this duration divided by the specified value.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Parameters:
        divisor - the value to divide the duration by, positive or negative, not zero
        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration divided by the specified divisor, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if the divisor is zero
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • negated

        public Duration negated()
        Returns a copy of this duration with the length negated.

        This method swaps the sign of the total length of this duration. For example, PT1.3S will be returned as PT-1.3S.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with the amount negated, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • abs

        public Duration abs()
        Returns a copy of this duration with a positive length.

        This method returns a positive duration by effectively removing the sign from any negative total length. For example, PT-1.3S will be returned as PT1.3S.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        a Duration based on this duration with an absolute length, not null
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • addTo

        public Temporal addTo​(Temporal temporal)
        Adds this duration to the specified temporal object.

        This returns a temporal object of the same observable type as the input with this duration added.

        In most cases, it is clearer to reverse the calling pattern by using Temporal.plus(TemporalAmount).

           // these two lines are equivalent, but the second approach is recommended
           dateTime = thisDuration.addTo(dateTime);
           dateTime = dateTime.plus(thisDuration);
         

        The calculation will add the seconds, then nanos. Only non-zero amounts will be added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Specified by:
        addTo in interface TemporalAmount
        Parameters:
        temporal - the temporal object to adjust, not null
        Returns:
        an object of the same type with the adjustment made, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeException - if unable to add
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • subtractFrom

        public Temporal subtractFrom​(Temporal temporal)
        Subtracts this duration from the specified temporal object.

        This returns a temporal object of the same observable type as the input with this duration subtracted.

        In most cases, it is clearer to reverse the calling pattern by using Temporal.minus(TemporalAmount).

           // these two lines are equivalent, but the second approach is recommended
           dateTime = thisDuration.subtractFrom(dateTime);
           dateTime = dateTime.minus(thisDuration);
         

        The calculation will subtract the seconds, then nanos. Only non-zero amounts will be added.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Specified by:
        subtractFrom in interface TemporalAmount
        Parameters:
        temporal - the temporal object to adjust, not null
        Returns:
        an object of the same type with the adjustment made, not null
        Throws:
        DateTimeException - if unable to subtract
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • toDays

        public long toDays()
        Gets the number of days in this duration.

        This returns the total number of days in the duration by dividing the number of seconds by 86400. This is based on the standard definition of a day as 24 hours.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of days in the duration, may be negative
      • toHours

        public long toHours()
        Gets the number of hours in this duration.

        This returns the total number of hours in the duration by dividing the number of seconds by 3600.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of hours in the duration, may be negative
      • toMinutes

        public long toMinutes()
        Gets the number of minutes in this duration.

        This returns the total number of minutes in the duration by dividing the number of seconds by 60.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of minutes in the duration, may be negative
      • toMillis

        public long toMillis()
        Converts this duration to the total length in milliseconds.

        If this duration is too large to fit in a long milliseconds, then an exception is thrown.

        If this duration has greater than millisecond precision, then the conversion will drop any excess precision information as though the amount in nanoseconds was subject to integer division by one million.

        Returns:
        the total length of the duration in milliseconds
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • toNanos

        public long toNanos()
        Converts this duration to the total length in nanoseconds expressed as a long.

        If this duration is too large to fit in a long nanoseconds, then an exception is thrown.

        Returns:
        the total length of the duration in nanoseconds
        Throws:
        ArithmeticException - if numeric overflow occurs
      • toDaysPart

        public long toDaysPart()
        Extracts the number of days in this duration.

        This returns the total number of days in the duration by dividing the number of seconds by 86400. This is based on the standard definition of a day as 24 hours.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of days in the duration, may be negative
        Since:
        1.5.0 (only added in Java 9)
      • toHoursPart

        public int toHoursPart()
        Extracts the number of hours part in this duration.

        This returns the number of remaining hours when dividing toHours() by hours in a day. This is based on the standard definition of a day as 24 hours.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of hours part in the duration, may be negative
        Since:
        1.5.0 (only added in Java 9)
      • toMinutesPart

        public int toMinutesPart()
        Extracts the number of minutes part in this duration.

        This returns the number of remaining minutes when dividing toMinutes() by minutes in an hour. This is based on the standard definition of an hour as 60 minutes.

        This instance is immutable and by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of minutes parts in the duration, may be negative
        Since:
        1.5.0 (only added in Java 9)
      • toSecondsPart

        public int toSecondsPart()
        Extracts the number of seconds part in this duration.

        This returns the remaining seconds when dividing toSeconds() by seconds in a minute. This is based on the standard definition of a minute as 60 seconds.

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of seconds parts in the duration, may be negative
        Since:
        1.5.0 (only added in Java 9)
      • toMillisPart

        public int toMillisPart()
        Extracts the number of milliseconds part of this duration.

        This returns the milliseconds part by dividing the number of nanoseconds by 1,000,000. The length of the duration is stored using two fields - seconds and nanoseconds. The nanoseconds part is a value from 0 to 999,999,999 that is an adjustment to the length in seconds. The total duration is defined by calling getNano() and getSeconds().

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the number of milliseconds part of the duration.
        Since:
        1.5.0 (only added in Java 9)
      • toNanosPart

        public int toNanosPart()
        Get the nanoseconds part within seconds of the duration.

        The length of the duration is stored using two fields - seconds and nanoseconds. The nanoseconds part is a value from 0 to 999,999,999 that is an adjustment to the length in seconds. The total duration is defined by calling getNano() and getSeconds().

        This instance is immutable and unaffected by this method call.

        Returns:
        the nanoseconds within the second part of the length of the duration, from 0 to 999,999,999
        Since:
        1.5.0 (only added in Java 9)
      • compareTo

        public int compareTo​(Duration otherDuration)
        Compares this duration to the specified Duration.

        The comparison is based on the total length of the durations. It is "consistent with equals", as defined by Comparable.

        Specified by:
        compareTo in interface Comparable<Duration>
        Parameters:
        otherDuration - the other duration to compare to, not null
        Returns:
        the comparator value, negative if less, positive if greater
      • equals

        public boolean equals​(Object otherDuration)
        Checks if this duration is equal to the specified Duration.

        The comparison is based on the total length of the durations.

        Overrides:
        equals in class Object
        Parameters:
        otherDuration - the other duration, null returns false
        Returns:
        true if the other duration is equal to this one
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        A hash code for this duration.
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
        Returns:
        a suitable hash code
      • toString

        public String toString()
        A string representation of this duration using ISO-8601 seconds based representation, such as PT8H6M12.345S.

        The format of the returned string will be PTnHnMnS, where n is the relevant hours, minutes or seconds part of the duration. Any fractional seconds are placed after a decimal point i the seconds section. If a section has a zero value, it is omitted. The hours, minutes and seconds will all have the same sign.

        Examples:

            "20.345 seconds"                 -> "PT20.345S
            "15 minutes" (15 * 60 seconds)   -> "PT15M"
            "10 hours" (10 * 3600 seconds)   -> "PT10H"
            "2 days" (2 * 86400 seconds)     -> "PT48H"
         
        Note that multiples of 24 hours are not output as days to avoid confusion with Period.
        Overrides:
        toString in class Object
        Returns:
        an ISO-8601 representation of this duration, not null