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Java SimpleTimeZone setDSTSavings() Method with Example

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

SimpleTimeZone Class setDSTSavings() method

• setDSTSavings() method is available in java.util package.
• setDSTSavings() method is used to set the time in milliseconds that the clock time is advanced during DST (Daylight Savings Time).
• setDSTSavings() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• setDSTSavings() method does not throw an exception at the time of setting DST.

Syntax:

    public void setDSTSavings(int ms_dst);

Parameter(s):

• int ms_dst – represents the amount of time in milliseconds (ms) that the clock time is forward wrt to Standard Time.

Return value:

The return type of the method is void, it returns nothing.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of void setDSTSavings(int ms_dst) method 
// of SimpleTimeZone

import java.util.*;

public class SetDSTSavingsOfSimpleTimeZone {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates SimpleTimeZone object
        SimpleTimeZone s_tz = new SimpleTimeZone(39800000, "US",
            Calendar.APRIL, 6, -Calendar.MONDAY, 7200000, Calendar.OCTOBER, -1,
            Calendar.MONDAY, 7200000, 3600000);

        // By using setDSTSavings() method is
        // to set DST savings time
        s_tz.setDSTSavings(3600000);

        // Display status
        System.out.print("s_tz.setDSTSavings(3600000): ");
        System.out.println(s_tz.getDSTSavings());
    }
}

Output

s_tz.setDSTSavings(3600000): 3600000