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Java SimpleTimeZone getRawOffset() Method with Example

SimpleTimeZone Class getRawOffset() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getRawOffset() method of SimpleTimeZone Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on March 12, 2020

SimpleTimeZone Class getRawOffset() method

• getRawOffset() method is available in java.util package.
• getRawOffset() method is used to get the raw offset (GMT) for this SimpleTimeZone.
• getRawOffset() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getRawOffset() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting raw offset.

Syntax:

    public int getRawOffset();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is int, it gets the GMT offset in milliseconds for this SimpleTimeZone.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of int getRawOffset() method of 
// SimpleTimeZone

import java.util.*;

public class GetRawOffsetOfSimpleTimeZone {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates SimpleTimeZone object
        SimpleTimeZone s_tz = new SimpleTimeZone(360, "FRANCE");

        // By using getRawOffset() method is to
        // return the time in ms and add to UTC 
        // to get standard time in the default
        // simple time zone
        System.out.print("s_tz.getRawOffset(): ");
        System.out.println(s_tz.getRawOffset());
    }
}

Output

s_tz.getRawOffset(): 360