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Java Clock Class | tickSeconds() Method with Example

Clock Class tickSeconds() method: Here, we are going to learn about the tickSeconds() method of Clock Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 13, 2020

Clock Class tickSeconds() method

• tickSeconds() method is available in java.time package.
• tickSeconds() method is used to get a Clock that returns the current instant that uses a suitable system clock in the given zone (zo) to tick in whole seconds.
• tickSeconds() method is a static method, it is accessible with the class name and if we try to access the method with the class object then we will not get an error.
• tickSeconds() method does not throw an exception at the time of representing Clock.

Syntax:

    public static Clock tickSeconds(ZoneId zo);

Parameter(s):

• ZoneId zo – represents the zone to translate the clock instant to date: time.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Clock, it returns Clock that ticks in whole seconds in the given zone.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of tickSeconds(ZoneId zo) method of Clock

import java.time.*;

public class TickSecondsOfClock {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates two ZoneId for Accra and Asmara
        ZoneId zone_1 = ZoneId.of("Africa/Accra");
        ZoneId zone_2 = ZoneId.of("Africa/Asmara");

        // Initialize two Clock objects 
        Clock cl1 = Clock.system(zone_1);
        Clock cl2 = Clock.system(zone_2);

        // generates a new Clock that
        // returns the current instant ticking in 
        // whole seconds by using the given zone_1
        Clock cl_tick_sec = Clock.tickSeconds(zone_1);

        // Display cl1 and cl_tick_sec instant
        System.out.println("cl1.instant(): " + cl1.instant());
        System.out.println("cl_tick_sec.instant(): " + cl_tick_sec.instant());

        System.out.println();

        // generates a new Clock that
        // returns the current instant ticking in 
        // whole seconds by using the given zone_2
        cl_tick_sec = Clock.tickSeconds(zone_2);

        // Display cl2 and cl_tick_sec instant
        System.out.println("cl2.instant(): " + cl2.instant());
        System.out.println("cl_tick_sec.instant(): " + cl_tick_sec.instant());
    }
}

Output

cl1.instant(): 2020-05-13T21:58:06.625092Z
cl_tick_sec.instant(): 2020-05-13T21:58:06Z

cl2.instant(): 2020-05-13T21:58:06.674940Z
cl_tick_sec.instant(): 2020-05-13T21:58:06Z