What is Duration.plusNanos() in Java?

plusNanos() is an instance method of the Duration class that is used to add the specified duration (in nanoseconds) to the Duration object.

The plusNanos() method is defined in the Duration class. The Duration class is defined in the java.time package. To import the Duration class, use the import statement below.

import java.time.Duration;

Syntax


public Duration plusNanos(long nanosToAdd)

Parameters

  • long nanosToAdd: The number of nanoseconds to add; this parameter can be positive or negative.

Return value

This method returns a new instance of the Duration class, with the number of nanoseconds added.

Code

In the code below, we add 100000 nanoseconds to the baseDuration object with the help of the plusNanos() method and print the new object to the console.

import java.time.Duration;
public class Main{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Duration baseDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(3);
int nanoSecondsToAdd = 100000;
Duration newDuration = baseDuration.plusNanos(nanoSecondsToAdd);
System.out.printf("%s + %s nanoseconds = %s", baseDuration, nanoSecondsToAdd, newDuration);
System.out.println();
}
}

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