groovy.time

## Class Duration

- java.lang.Object
- - groovy.time.BaseDuration
  - - groovy.time.Duration

Direct Known Subclasses:
  TimeDuration

    public class Duration
    extends BaseDuration

Duration represents time periods which have values independent of the context. So, whilst we can't say how long a month is without knowing the year and the name of the month, we know how long a day is independent of the date.

This is not 100% true for days. Days can actually be 23, 24 or 25 hours long (due to daylight saving adjustments.) If you ask Duration to convert itself to milliseconds then it will work on the basis of 24 hours in a day. If you add or subtract it from a date it will take daylight saving into account.

Author:
  John Wilson tug@wilson.co.uk

### Nested Class Summary

### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class groovy.time.BaseDuration

`BaseDuration.From`

### Field Summary

### Fields inherited from class groovy.time.BaseDuration

`days, hours, millis, minutes, months, seconds, years`

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`Duration(int days, int hours, int minutes, int seconds, int millis)`

### Method Summary

Methods
`Date` `getAgo()`
`BaseDuration.From` `getFrom()`
`DatumDependentDuration` `minus(DatumDependentDuration rhs)`
`Duration` `minus(Duration rhs)`
`TimeDatumDependentDuration` `minus(TimeDatumDependentDuration rhs)`
`TimeDuration` `minus(TimeDuration rhs)`
`DatumDependentDuration` `plus(DatumDependentDuration rhs)`
`Duration` `plus(Duration rhs)`
`Duration` `plus(TimeDuration rhs)`
`long` `toMilliseconds()`

### Methods inherited from class groovy.time.BaseDuration

`getDays, getHours, getMillis, getMinutes, getMonths, getSeconds, getYears, plus, toString`

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

### Constructor Detail

#### Duration

    public Duration(int days,
            int hours,
            int minutes,
            int seconds,
            int millis)

### Method Detail

#### plus

    public Duration plus(Duration rhs)

#### plus

    public Duration plus(TimeDuration rhs)

#### plus

    public DatumDependentDuration plus(DatumDependentDuration rhs)

#### minus

    public Duration minus(Duration rhs)

#### minus

    public TimeDuration minus(TimeDuration rhs)

#### minus

    public DatumDependentDuration minus(DatumDependentDuration rhs)

#### minus

    public TimeDatumDependentDuration minus(TimeDatumDependentDuration rhs)

#### toMilliseconds

    public long toMilliseconds()

Specified by:
  `toMilliseconds` in class `BaseDuration`

#### getAgo

    public Date getAgo()

Specified by:
  `getAgo` in class `BaseDuration`

#### getFrom

    public BaseDuration.From getFrom()

Specified by:
  `getFrom` in class `BaseDuration`