Java: why TimeUnit have missing enums?

Question

I just wonder, why some enums are missing on the TimeUnit class of Java?

Actually the max timeunit is DAY while i would like to use stuff like WEEK, YEAR...

Answer 1

The TimeUnit.DAYS constant represents an interval of 24 hours, not a calendar day (midnight to midnight). Anything beyond a day (a week, a month, a year) is a calendar unit, not a time unit. The duration of calendar units depends on the calendar in use: for example, a week can be longer or shorter by an hour on weeks when daylight savings time goes in and out of effect, leap years are longer by a day, and so on. That is why including calendar units into TimeUnit enumeration would not make sense.

Answer 2

In Java 8 ChronoUnit was introduced, you have in one enum all the usual time units between NANOS (nanoseconds) and CENTURIES, MILLENIA, and even FOREVER: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/temporal/ChronoUnit.html (cf. also Julien Kronegg's comment to the chosen answer)