java.time.LocalTime.compareTo() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalTime.compareTo(LocalTime other) method compares this time to another time.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalTime.compareTo(LocalTime other) method.

public int compareTo(LocalTime other)

Parameters

other − the other time to compare to, not null.

Return Value

the comparator value, negative if less, positive if greater.

Exceptions

NullPointerException − the other is null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalTime.compareTo(LocalTime other) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalTime;

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

      LocalTime time = LocalTime.parse("12:30:30");
      System.out.println(time);  
      LocalTime time1 = LocalTime.parse("12:35:30");
      System.out.println(time1);  
      System.out.println(time1.compareTo(time));  
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

12:30:30
12:35:30
1