Class Duration

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    DurationOrBuilder, Message, MessageLite, MessageLiteOrBuilder, MessageOrBuilder, java.io.Serializable

    public final class Duration
    extends GeneratedMessageV3
    implements DurationOrBuilder
     A Duration represents a signed, fixed-length span of time represented
     as a count of seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond
     resolution. It is independent of any calendar and concepts like "day"
     or "month". It is related to Timestamp in that the difference between
     two Timestamp values is a Duration and it can be added or subtracted
     from a Timestamp. Range is approximately +-10,000 years.
     # Examples
     Example 1: Compute Duration from two Timestamps in pseudo code.
         Timestamp start = ...;
         Timestamp end = ...;
         Duration duration = ...;
         duration.seconds = end.seconds - start.seconds;
         duration.nanos = end.nanos - start.nanos;
         if (duration.seconds < 0 && duration.nanos > 0) {
           duration.seconds += 1;
           duration.nanos -= 1000000000;
         } else if (duration.seconds > 0 && duration.nanos < 0) {
           duration.seconds -= 1;
           duration.nanos += 1000000000;
         }
     Example 2: Compute Timestamp from Timestamp + Duration in pseudo code.
         Timestamp start = ...;
         Duration duration = ...;
         Timestamp end = ...;
         end.seconds = start.seconds + duration.seconds;
         end.nanos = start.nanos + duration.nanos;
         if (end.nanos < 0) {
           end.seconds -= 1;
           end.nanos += 1000000000;
         } else if (end.nanos >= 1000000000) {
           end.seconds += 1;
           end.nanos -= 1000000000;
         }
     Example 3: Compute Duration from datetime.timedelta in Python.
         td = datetime.timedelta(days=3, minutes=10)
         duration = Duration()
         duration.FromTimedelta(td)
     # JSON Mapping
     In JSON format, the Duration type is encoded as a string rather than an
     object, where the string ends in the suffix "s" (indicating seconds) and
     is preceded by the number of seconds, with nanoseconds expressed as
     fractional seconds. For example, 3 seconds with 0 nanoseconds should be
     encoded in JSON format as "3s", while 3 seconds and 1 nanosecond should
     be expressed in JSON format as "3.000000001s", and 3 seconds and 1
     microsecond should be expressed in JSON format as "3.000001s".
     
    Protobuf type google.protobuf.Duration
    See Also:
    Serialized Form