Java .getTimeZone()

The .getTimeZone() method in the Calendar class is used to return the current time-zone of a given calendar.

Syntax

time_zone = myCalendar.getTimeZone();

• myCalendar is a Calendar class object for which the time zone is being retrieved.
• time_zone is a TimeZone class object returned from the .getTimeZone() method.

Example

The following code demonstrates the use of the .getTimeZone() method.

import java.util.*;

public class Calendar_Demo {
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
   // Creating a calendar object
   Calendar calndr = Calendar.getInstance();

   // Getting the time zone of calendar
   TimeZone time_zone = calndr.getTimeZone();

   // Displaying the current time zone
   System.out.println("The current Time zone is: "
                     + time_zone.getDisplayName());
  }
}

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The above code will return an output similar to:

The current Time zone is: Coordinated Universal Time

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