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Java SimpleTimeZone getDSTSavings() Method with Example

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

SimpleTimeZone Class getDSTSavings() method

• getDSTSavings() method is available in java.util package.
• getDSTSavings() method is used to get the time in milliseconds (ms) that the clock time is advanced during daylight saving time (DST).
• getDSTSavings() 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.
• getDSTSavings() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting DST.

Syntax:

    public int getDSTSavings();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is int, it returns the amount of time that the clock time is forward wrt. Standard time.

Example:

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

import java.util.*;

public class GetDSTSavingsOfSimpleTimeZone {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates SimpleTimeZone object
        SimpleTimeZone tz = new SimpleTimeZone(360, "Africa/Asmera");

        // By using getDSTSavings() method is to
        // check the dst savings of the simple time zone
        // Africa/Asmera
        System.out.print("tz.getDSTSavings(): ");
        System.out.println(tz.getDSTSavings());
    }
}

Output

tz.getDSTSavings(): 0