Get current TimeZone using Java Calendar

  1. /*
  2.   Get current TimeZone using Java Calendar
  3.   This example shows how to get current TimeZone using getTimeZone method
  4.   of Java Calendar class.
  5.  
  6. */
  7.  
  8. import java.util.Calendar;
  9. import java.util.TimeZone;
  10.  
  11. public class GetCurrentTimeZone {
  12.  
  13. public static void main(String[] args) {
  14.  
  15. //get Calendar instance
  16. Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
  17.  
  18. //get current TimeZone using getTimeZone method of Calendar class
  19. TimeZone timeZone = now.getTimeZone();
  20.  
  21. //display current TimeZone using getDisplayName() method of TimeZone class
  22. System.out.println("Current TimeZone is : " + timeZone.getDisplayName());
  23. }
  24. }
  25.  
  26. /*
  27. Typical output would be
  28. Current TimeZone is : Eastern Standard Time
  29. */

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