Java.util.GregorianCalendar.getTimeZone() Method

Description

The java.util.GregorianCalendar.getTimeZone() method gets the time zone.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.GregorianCalendar.getTimeZone() method

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the time zone object associated with this calendar.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.GregorianCalendar.getTimeZone() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class GregorianCalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new calendar
      GregorianCalendar cal = (GregorianCalendar) GregorianCalendar.getInstance();

      // print the current date and time
      System.out.println("" + cal.getTime());

      // get the time zone and print it
      System.out.println("Time Zone:" + cal.getTimeZone().getDisplayName());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Fri May 18 12:43:05 EEST 2012
Time Zone:Eastern European Time