Do we have a TimeSpan sort of class in Java

Question

I was just wondering if there is a need of TimeSpan in java.util so that I can define how much hours,minutes and seconds are there in between these two times.

Answer 1

If you're on on Java 8 (or higher) or simply don't want to import JodaTime (the Author of JodaTime himself suggest migrating to java.time): Java 8 offers that functionality with Periods, see here for a tutorial: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/iso/period.html

Let me quote the Oracle tutorial here:

LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
LocalDate birthday = LocalDate.of(1960, Month.JANUARY, 1);

Period p = Period.between(birthday, today);
long p2 = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(birthday, today);
System.out.println("You are " + p.getYears() + " years, " + p.getMonths() +
                   " months, and " + p.getDays() +
                   " days old. (" + p2 + " days total)");

The code produces output similar to the following:

You are 53 years, 4 months, and 29 days old. (19508 days total)