plusSeconds()
is an instance method of the Duration
class that is used to add the specified duration, in seconds, to the Duration
object.
The plusSeconds()
method is defined in the Duration
class. The Duration
class is defined in the java.time
package.
To import the Duration
class, use the following import statement.
import java.time.Duration;
public Duration plusSeconds(long secondsToAdd)
long secondsToAdd
: The number of seconds to add. This parameter can be positive or negative.The plusSeconds()
method returns a new instance of the Duration
class with the specified number of seconds added.
In the code below, we add 100 seconds to the baseDuration
object with the help of the plusSeconds()
method and print the new object to the console.
import java.time.Duration;public class Main{public static void main(String[] args) {Duration baseDuration = Duration.ofMinutes(3);int secondsToAdd = 100;Duration newDuration = baseDuration.plusSeconds(secondsToAdd);System.out.printf("%s + %s seconds = %s", baseDuration, secondsToAdd, newDuration);System.out.println();}}
Note: The output is given in the ISO 8601 format.
P
represents the durationT
represents timeM
represents minutesS
represents seconds