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Period ofDays() method in Java with Examples

The ofDays() method of Period Class is used to obtain a period from given number of Days as parameter. This parameter is accepted in the form of integer. This method returns a Period with the given number of days.

Syntax:

public static Period ofDays(int numberOfDays)

Parameters: This method accepts a single parameter numberOfDays which is the number of Days to be parsed into an Period object.

Returns: This function returns the period which is the Period object parsed with the given number of Days.

Below is the implementation of Period.ofDays() method:

Example 1:




// Java code to demonstrate ofDays() method
  
import java.time.Period;
  
class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the number of Days
        int numberOfDays = 5;
  
        // Parse the numberOfDays into Period
        // using ofDays() method
        Period p = Period.ofDays(numberOfDays);
  
        System.out.println(p.getYears() + " Years\n"
                           + p.getMonths() + " Months\n"
                           + p.getDays() + " Days");
    }
}


Output:

0 Years
0 Months
5 Days

Example 2:




// Java code to demonstrate ofDays() method
  
import java.time.Period;
  
class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the number of Days
        int numberOfDays = -5;
  
        // Parse the numberOfDays into Period
        // using ofDays() method
        Period p = Period.ofDays(numberOfDays);
  
        System.out.println(p.getYears() + " Years\n"
                           + p.getMonths() + " Months\n"
                           + p.getDays() + " Days");
    }
}


Output:

0 Years
0 Months
-5 Days

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/Period.html#ofDays-int-

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