Java Date Time - LocalDateTime until(Temporal endExclusive, TemporalUnit unit) example

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LocalDateTime until(Temporal endExclusive, TemporalUnit unit) calculates the amount of time until another date-time in terms of the specified unit.

The following units are supported.

• NANOS
• MICROS
• MILLIS
• SECONDS
• MINUTES
• HOURS
• HALF_DAYS
• DAYS
• WEEKS
• MONTHS
• YEARS
• DECADES
• CENTURIES
• MILLENNIA
• ERAS

Syntax

until has the following syntax.

public long until(Temporal endExclusive,  TemporalUnit unit)

Example

The following example shows how to use until.

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    LocalDateTime a = LocalDateTime.of(2014, 6, 30, 12, 00);

    long l = a.until(LocalDateTime.now(),ChronoUnit.DAYS);
    
    System.out.println(l);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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