Duration ofMinutes(long) method in Java with Examples

The ofMinutes(long) method of Duration Class in java.time package is used to get a duration in a 1 minute format. In this method, the seconds are calculated as total seconds in 1 minute format, i.e. 60 seconds per minute. Syntax:

public static Duration ofMinutes(long minutes)

Parameters: This method accepts a parameter minutes which is the number of minutes. It can be positive or negative. Return Value: This method returns a Duration representing the time in 1 minute format. Exception: This method throws ArithmeticException if the input minutes exceeds the capacity of Duration. Below examples illustrate the Duration.ofMinutes() method: Example 1: Java

// Java code to illustrate ofMinutes() method

import java.time.Duration;

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

        // input number of Minutes
        long noOfMinutes = 5;

        // Duration using ofMinutes() method
        Duration duration
            = Duration.ofMinutes(noOfMinutes);

        System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
    }
}

Example 2: Java

// Java code to illustrate ofMinutes() method

import java.time.Duration;

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

        // input number of Minutes
        long noOfMinutes = -214545;

        // Duration using ofMinutes() method
        Duration duration
            = Duration.ofMinutes(noOfMinutes);

        System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
    }
}

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/Duration.html#ofMinutes-long-