What is Period.toTotalMonths() in Java?
toTotalMonths() is an instance method of the Period class used to return the total number of months in the Period object. We multiply the number of years by 12 and add the number of months to calculate the number of months.
The
toTotalMonths()method is only valid for those calendar systems with twelve months in a year.
The toTotalMonths() method is defined in the Period class. The Period class is defined in the java.time package. To import the Period class, check the following import statement.
import java.time.Period;
Syntax
public long toTotalMonths()
Parameters
This method accepts no parameter.
Return value
This method returns the total number of months in the period.
Code
In the below code, we calculate the total number of months in the Period object and print the value to the console.
import java.time.Period;public class Main{public static void main(String[] args) {int numYears = 5;int numMonths = 10;int numDays = 13;Period period = Period.of(numYears, numMonths, numDays);System.out.printf("The total number of months in %s is %s.", period, period.toTotalMonths());}}
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