toString

Converts this period to the ISO 8601 string representation for durations, for example, P2M1DT3H.

Note that the ISO 8601 duration is not the same as Duration, but instead includes the date components, like DateTimePeriod does.

Examples of the output:

• P2Y4M-1D: two years, four months, minus one day;

• -P2Y4M1D: minus two years, minus four months, minus one day;

• P1DT3H2M4.123456789S: one day, three hours, two minutes, four seconds, 123456789 nanoseconds;

• P1DT-3H-2M-4.123456789S: one day, minus three hours, minus two minutes, minus four seconds, minus 123456789 nanoseconds;

See ISO-8601-1:2019, 5.5.2.2a)

See also

Samples

import kotlinx.datetime.*
import kotlin.test.*
import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.days
import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes

fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   // Formatting a DateTimePeriod to a string
check(DateTimePeriod(years = 1, months = 2, days = 3, hours = 4, minutes = 5, seconds = 6, nanoseconds = 7).toString() == "P1Y2M3DT4H5M6.000000007S")
check(DateTimePeriod(months = 14, days = -16, hours = 5).toString() == "P1Y2M-16DT5H")
check(DateTimePeriod(months = -2, days = -16, hours = -5).toString() == "-P2M16DT5H") 
   //sampleEnd
}