Local Time Example

LocalTimeExample.java

import java.time.Duration;
import java.time.LocalTime;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

public class LocalTimeExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        LocalTime now = LocalTime.now();
        System.out.println("now: " + now);

        LocalTime workStart = LocalTime.parse("08:00");
        System.out.println("work start: " + workStart);

        LocalTime workEnd = LocalTime.of(16, 0);
        System.out.println("work end: " + workEnd);

        System.out.println(now.getHour());
        System.out.println(now.getMinute());
        System.out.println(now.getSecond());
        System.out.println(now.get(ChronoField.AMPM_OF_DAY)); // 0: AM, 1: PM

        System.out.println(LocalTime.MIN);
        System.out.println(LocalTime.MAX);

        // calculating difference between times
        System.out.println("Working hours: " + (workStart.until(workEnd, ChronoUnit.HOURS)));
        System.out.println("Working hours: " + ChronoUnit.HOURS.between(workStart, workEnd));
        System.out.println("Working hours: " + Duration.between(workStart, workEnd));

        // plus and minus methods
        now.plus(1, ChronoUnit.HOURS);
        now.plusHours(1);
        now.plusMinutes(5);

        // before and after methods
        boolean isBefore = LocalTime.parse("09:40").isBefore(LocalTime.parse("09:35"));
        System.out.println(isBefore);


        System.out.println(now.truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.HOURS));
    }
}