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Duration ofMillis(long) method in Java with Examples

The ofMillis(long) method of Duration Class in java.time package is used to get a duration in a 1 milliSecond format.

Syntax:

public static Duration ofMillis(long milliSeconds)

Parameters: This method accepts a parameter milliSeconds which is the number of milliSeconds. It can be positive or negative.

Return Value: This method returns a Duration representing the time in 1 milliSecond format.

Exception: This method throws ArithmeticException if the input milliSeconds exceeds the capacity of Duration.

Below examples illustrate the Duration.ofMillis() method:

Example 1:




// Java code to illustrate ofMillis() method
  
import java.time.Duration;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // input number of Millis
        long noOfMillis = 50000;
  
        // Duration using ofMillis() method
        Duration duration
            = Duration.ofMillis(noOfMillis);
  
        System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
    }
}


Output:

50

Example 2:




// Java code to illustrate ofMillis() method
  
import java.time.Duration;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // input number of Millis
        long noOfMillis = -445000;
  
        // Duration using ofMillis() method
        Duration duration
            = Duration.ofMillis(noOfMillis);
  
        System.out.println(duration.getSeconds());
    }
}


Output:

-445

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

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