Working with time

[Jean-Michel Fayard]

Hello, I've always found the java-esque way of working with time a bit annoying (I like to read and write from left to right ; it's not really completion-friendly)

val delay = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(30)

val single = Single.just(1).delaySubscription(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS, testScheduler)

I created for myself extensions that can be used like this

val delay = 30.seconds
val single = just(1).delaySubscription(10.seconds, testScheduler)
testScheduler.advanceTimeTo(20.seconds)

see
https://github.com/jmfayard/okAndroid/commit/e82b03caf2c57ee9a14236f801ce495a0c65f737

Would that be outside the scope of this project to add this kind of extensions?

[Jake Wharton]

I would be supportive of adding an artifact with an overload that takes Duration for Java 8 users. The factory property that creates a Duration from 10.seconds does not belong in this project.

[Thomas Nield]

Yes, this would be an entirely new artifact targeting Java 8. However I can't prioritize such an initiative right now, so anyone else is welcome.

[Veyndan Stuart]

With the advent of the (experimental) kotlin.time.Duration, this would solve both the issues of not having to have a new artifact targeting Java 8, and being able to write durations in readable formats (e.g. 10.seconds).