java.util.TimeZone.clone() Method

Description

The clone() method is used to create a copy of this TimeZone.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.TimeZone.clone() method.

public Object clone()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method call returns a clone of this TimeZone.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.TimeZone.clone()

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

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

      // create object of TimeZone class. 
      TimeZone timezoneobj = TimeZone.getDefault(); 
      System.out.println("Original object: " + timezoneobj);
      
      // cloning time zone object
      Object objClone = timezoneobj.clone();      
      System.out.println("Clone object: " + objClone);
   }    
}

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

Original object: 
sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id = "Asia/Calcutta",offset = 19800000,
dstSavings = 0,useDaylight = false,transitions = 6,lastRule = null]

Clone object: 
sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id = "Asia/Calcutta",offset = 19800000,
dstSavings = 0,useDaylight = false,transitions = 6,lastRule = null]

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