how am I supposed to create a `kotlin.time.Duration` from something like `d-hh:mm:ss` ? Combining `d...

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[elect]

how am I supposed to create a kotlin.time.Duration from something like d-hh:mm:ss ?
Combining d.toDuration(DAYS) + hh.toDuration(HOURS) and so on?
If yes, I find java Duration better in this regards, because you can parse it from a `String`: Duration.parse("..")

[Joffrey]

There are Duration.parse and Duration.parseIsoString methods on Kotlin's Duration, but they only support specific formats for now (not custom). You need to pass an ISO string such as P1DT13H, or something more human friendly that's the output of Kotlin Duration.toString() like 1h 30m

[elect]

I don't see any parsing function, 1.5.21

[Joffrey]

I think this may have been introduced in 1.5.30

[elect]

damn, you are right

[Joffrey]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew1530.html#parsing-duration-from-string

[elect]

I prefer to stay aligned with the embedded kotlin in gradle for the moment

[elect]

I'd profit of the bridge conversion methods between kotlin and java `Duration`s

[Joffrey]

If you're writing a Gradle plugin I understand, otherwise you really don't need to stick with the Kotlin version used by Gradle

[elect]

I'm writing a lib for scripts and ki

[elect]

I was bitten hard by a misalignment in the recent past

[Joffrey]

I see yes, but still this only applies to Gradle plugins (or buildSrc code which is kind of a plugin too)