Period toTotalMonths() method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 28 Nov, 2018
The toTotalMonths() method of Period Class is used to obtain the total number of Months in the given period. It returns a long value depicting the same. Syntax: 
public long toTotalMonths()
Parameters: This method does not accepts any parameter. Returns: This function returns the long value which is the total number of Months in the this Period. Below is the implementation of Period.toTotalMonths() method: Example 1: Java 
// Java code to demonstrate toTotalMonths() method

import java.time.Period;

class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Get the String to be toTotalMonthsd
        String period = "P1Y2M21D";

        // Parse the String into Period
        Period p = Period.parse(period);

        System.out.println("Period: " + p);

        // Get the total number of months
        // using toTotalMonths() method
        System.out.println("Total number of Months"
                           + " in this Period: "
                           + p.toTotalMonths());
    }
}
Output: 
Period: P1Y2M21D
Total number of Months in this Period: 14
Example 2: Java 
// Java code to demonstrate toTotalMonths() method

import java.time.Period;

class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Get the String to be toTotalMonthsd
        String period = "-P1Y2M21D";

        // Parse the String into Period
        Period p = Period.parse(period);

        System.out.println("Period: " + p);

        // Get the total number of months
        // using toTotalMonths() method
        System.out.println("Total number of Months"
                           + " in this Period: "
                           + p.toTotalMonths());
    }
}
Output: 
Period: P-1Y-2M-21D
Total number of Months in this Period: -14
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/Period.html#toTotalMonths--
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