java.util.SimpleTimeZone.getRawOffset() Method

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Description

The getRawOffset() method is used to get the GMT offset for this time zone.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.SimpleTimeZone.getRawOffset() method.

public int getRawOffset()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method call returns the GMT offset value in milliseconds.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.SimpleTimeZone.getRawOffset()

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class SimpleTimeZoneDemo {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      
      // create simple time zone object 
      SimpleTimeZone stobj = new SimpleTimeZone(720,"INDIA");

      // get raw offset
      int offset = stobj.getRawOffset(); 

      // check raw offset value       
      System.out.println("Raw Offset is : " + offset);
   }    
}

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

Raw Offset is : 720