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Java SimpleTimeZone toString() Method with Example

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

SimpleTimeZone Class toString() method

• toString() method is available in java.util package.
• toString() method is used for string denotation of this SimpleTimeZone.
• toString() 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.
• toString() method does not throw an exception at the time of string representation.

Syntax:

    public String toString();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is String, it represents this SimeTimeZone in a string.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of String toString() method 
// of SimpleTimeZone

import java.util.*;

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

        // Display string representation
        System.out.print("s_tz.toString(): ");
        System.out.println(s_tz.toString());
    }
}

Output

s_tz.toString(): java.util.SimpleTimeZone[id=FRANCE,offset=360,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]