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Java TimeZone setID() Method with Example

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

TimeZone Class setID() method

• setID() method is available in java.util package.
• setID() method is used to set the id of this TimeZone.
• setID() 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.
• setID() method does not throw an exception at the time of set id.

Syntax:

    public void setID(String ids);

Parameter(s):

• String ids – represents the assigned time zone id.

Return value:

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

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of void setID(String ids) method of TimeZone 

import java.util.*;

public class SetIDOfTimeZone {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates TimeZone object
        TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();

        // Display tz
        System.out.println("tz.getID(): " + tz.getID());

        // By using setID() method is to
        // set the id for this time zone tz
        tz.setID("Africa/Asmera");

        // Display tz
        System.out.println("tz.setID(Africa/Asmera): " + tz.getID());
    }
}

Output

tz.getID(): GMT
tz.setID(Africa/Asmera): Africa/Asmera