java.time.Duration/parse function obtains a Duration from a text string in ISO-8601 duration format: P<date>T<time>

Examples:

"PT20.345S" -- parses as "20.345 seconds"
"PT15M"     -- parses as "15 minutes" (where a minute is 60 seconds)
"PT10H"     -- parses as "10 hours" (where an hour is 3600 seconds)
"P2D"       -- parses as "2 days" (where a day is 24 hours or 86400 seconds)
"P2DT3H4M"  -- parses as "2 days, 3 hours and 4 minutes"
"P-6H3M"    -- parses as "-6 hours and +3 minutes"
"-P6H3M"    -- parses as "-6 hours and -3 minutes"
"-P-6H+3M"  -- parses as "+6 hours and -3 minutes"

(import java.time.Duration)

(.getSeconds (Duration/parse "pT20.345S"))
;=> 20