java.time.Duration.ofHours() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Duration.ofHours(long hours) method obtains a Duration representing a number of standard hours.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Duration.ofHours(long hours) method.

public static Duration ofHours(long hours)

Parameters

hours − the number of hours, positive or negative.

Return Value

a Duration, not null.

Exception

ArithmeticException − if the input hours exceeds the capacity of Duration.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Duration.ofHours(long hours) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Duration;

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

      Duration duration = Duration.ofHours(2);
      System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());      
   }
}

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

7200