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Java Date Time - Duration.dividedBy() Examples

Java Date Time Java Java API

Class:

java.time.Duration

Method:

public Duration dividedBy(long divisor)

Returns a copy of this duration divided by the specified value.

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.duration;

import java.time.Duration;

public class DividedByExample {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        Duration d = Duration.ofHours(24);
        System.out.println(d);

        Duration d2 = d.dividedBy(2);
        System.out.println(d2);

        Duration d3 = d.dividedBy(-2);
        System.out.println(d3);
    }
}

Output

PT24H
PT12H
PT-12H

Divide by 0 will throw exception:

package com.logicbig.example.duration;

import java.time.Duration;

public class DividedByExample2 {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        Duration d = Duration.ofDays(3);
        System.out.println(d);

        Duration d2 = d.dividedBy(0);
        System.out.println(d2);
    }
}

Output

Caused by: java.lang.ArithmeticException: Cannot divide by zero
	at java.time.Duration.dividedBy(Duration.java:977)
	at com.logicbig.example.duration.DividedByExample2.main(DividedByExample2.java:17)
	... 6 more

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