Java Calendar getTimeZone() Method

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Description

The Java Calendar getTimeZone() method gets the time zone.

Declaration

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

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method returns the time zone object.

Exception

NA

Getting TimeZone from a Current Dated Calendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar getTimeZone() method. We're creating an instance of a Calendar of current date using getInstance() method and printing the time zone using getTimeZone() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
   
      // create a calendar    
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

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

Output

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

Time Zone: India Standard Time

Getting TimeZone from a Current Dated GregorianCalendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar getTimeZone() method. We're creating an instance of a Calendar of current date using GregorianCalendar() method and printing the time zone using getTimeZone() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
   
      // create a calendar    
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

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

Output

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

Time Zone: India Standard Time

Getting TimeZone from a Given Dated GregorianCalendar Instance Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Calendar getTimeZone() method. We're creating an instance of a Calendar of a particular date using GregorianCalendar() method and printing the time zone using getTimeZone() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class CalendarDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
   
      // create a calendar    
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(2025,8,26);

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

Output

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

Date And Time Is: Sun Sep 26 00:00:00 IST 2025