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Java TimeZone getID() Method with Example

TimeZone Class getID() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getID() method of TimeZone Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on March 13, 2020

TimeZone Class getID() method

• getID() method is available in java.util package.
• getID() method is used to return the ID of this TimeZone.
• getID() 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.
• getID() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning ID.

Syntax:

    public String getID();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is String, it gets ID of this TimeZone.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of String getID() method of TimeZone 

import java.util.*;

public class GetIDOfTimeZone {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // By using getTimeZone() method is
        // to get the time zone
        TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Africa/Asmera");

        // By using getID() method is to
        // return the id of the time zone
        // Africa/Asmera
        System.out.print("tz.getID(): ");
        System.out.println(tz.getID());
    }
}

Output

tz.getID(): Africa/Asmera