Java Coding Problems

Period of time using date-based values

The Period class is meant to represent an amount of time using date-based values (years, months, weeks, and days). This period of time can be obtained in different ways. For example, a period of 120 days can be obtained as follows:

Period fromDays = Period.ofDays(120); // P120D

Next to the ofDays() method, the Period class also has ofMonths(), ofWeeks(), and ofYears().

Or, a period of 2,000 years, 11 months and 24 days can be obtained via the of() method, as follows:

Period periodFromUnits = Period.of(2000, 11, 24); // P2000Y11M24D

Period can also be obtained from LocalDate:

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();Period periodFromLocalDate = Period.of(localDate.getYear(), localDate.getMonthValue(), localDate.getDayOfMonth()); ...