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Java Duration Class | getSeconds() Method with Example

Duration Class getSeconds() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getSeconds() method of Duration Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 14, 2020

Duration Class getSeconds() method

• getSeconds() method is available in java.time package.
• getSeconds() method is used to return the number of seconds exists in this Duration.
• getSeconds() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getSeconds() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting seconds.

Syntax:

    public long getSeconds();

Parameter(s):

• None

Return value:

The return type of this method is long, it returns the number of seconds in this Duration.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of long getSeconds() method of Duration

import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;

public class GetSecondsOfDuration {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates two Duration objects
        Duration du1 = Duration.ofHours(1);
        Duration du2 = Duration.ofMinutes(5);

        // Display du1 and du2
        System.out.println("du1: " + du1);
        System.out.println("du2: " + du2);

        // returns the value in seconds
        // i.e. here we are requesting the value 
        // of du1 in SECONDS 
        long get_sec_val = du1.getSeconds();

        // Display get_sec_val
        System.out.println("du1.getSeconds(): " + get_sec_val);

        // returns the value in seconds
        // i.e. here we are requesting the value 
        // of du2 in SECONDS 
        get_sec_val = du2.getSeconds();

        // Display get_sec_val
        System.out.println("du2.getSeconds(): " + get_sec_val);
    }
}

Output

du1: PT1H
du2: PT5M
du1.getSeconds(): 3600
du2.getSeconds(): 300