Java (Joda): Seconds from midnight of LocalDateTime

Question

I tried to use this:

secondsFromMidnight = Seconds.secondsBetween(localDateTime.toLocalDate(),    
    localDateTime).getSeconds();

but it throws an exception (cf. below). I think this is a good approach, but I did not succeed in adapt it to my case yet. If I write this:

    DateTime dateTimeFromMidnight = new DateMidnight(localDateTime.getChronology()).toDateTime();
    Duration duration = new Duration(dateTimeFromMidnight, localDateTime.toDateTime());

it messes up with time zones (I get 1 hour less).

If your solution is also easily adaptable for hours, minutes and so on, that's a plus.

I need absolutely to use LocalDateTime as input type, please do not post solutions with other classes.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ReadablePartial objects must have the same set of fields
at org.joda.time.base.BaseSingleFieldPeriod.between(BaseSingleFieldPeriod.java:92)
at org.joda.time.Seconds.secondsBetween(Seconds.java:124)

what exception? can you post it? – elyashiv Oct 27 '13 at 19:19 — elyashiv, Oct 27 '13 at 19:19

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '13 at 19:26

If you want to know the time of day, in seconds since midnight, it would be easiest to just use getMillisOfDay():

int secondsOfDay = localDateTime.getMillisOfDay() / 1000;

(Use DateTimeConstants.MILLIS_PER_SECOND if you really want to - in this case I think the knowledge of "1000 milliseconds per second" is easy enough.)

You can use the same approach for minutes and hours, of course.

If you really want it as a period, you could use LocalDateTime.withMillisOfDay(0) to obtain a LocalDateTime at midnight of the same day, e.g.

secondsFromMidnight = Seconds.secondsBetween(localDateTime.withMillisOfDay(0), 
                                             localDateTime)
                             .getSeconds();

... but personally I'd probably just use getMillisOfDay.

Java (Joda): Seconds from midnight of LocalDateTime

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