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Java GregorianCalendar getTimeZone() Method with Example

GregorianCalendar Class getTimeZone() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getTimeZone() method of GregorianCalendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 15, 2020

GregorianCalendar Class getTimeZone() method

• getTimeZone() method is available in java.util package.
• getTimeZone() method is used to return the time zone for this GregorianCalendar object.
• getTimeZone() method is a non-static method, so 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.
• getTimeZone() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning time zone for this Calendar.

Syntax:

    public TimeZone getTimeZone();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of this method is TimeZone, it returns time zone for this GregorianCalendar.

Example:

// Java program is to demonstrate the example of
// getTimeZone() method of GregorianCalendar

import java.util.*;

public class GetTimeZoneOfGregorianCalendar {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiating a GregorianCalendar object
        GregorianCalendar ca = (GregorianCalendar) GregorianCalendar.getInstance();

        System.out.println("ca.getTime(): " + ca.getTime());

        //By using getTimeZone() method is to
        //return the time zone of this GregorianCalendar
        TimeZone time_zone = ca.getTimeZone();

        //Display time zone of this GregorianCalendar
        System.out.println("ca.getTimeZone(): " + time_zone.getDisplayName());
    }
}

Output

ca.getTime(): Sat Feb 15 11:55:40 GMT 2020
ca.getTimeZone(): Greenwich Mean Time