Java Calendar setTimZone() Method

The setTimZonee() method of java.util.Calendar class is used to set the TimeZone with the passed TimeZone value(object) as a parameter.

Syntax

Parameter

value - value which is to set as TimeZone.

Returns

Throws

Example 1

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class JavaCalendarsetTimeZoneExample1 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	Calendar mycal = Calendar.getInstance();
                //getting the display name of TimeZone therwise it will return in object form
		System.out.println(" TimeZone:"
				+ mycal.getTimeZone().getDisplayName());
                // set the time zone of mycal to GMT
		mycal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
		System.out.println("Time Zone after changing to GMT:"
				+ mycal.getTimeZone().getDisplayName());
		}
}

Output:

TimeZone:Pacific Standard Time
Time Zone after changing to GMT:Greenwich Mean Tim

Example 2

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class JavaCalendarsetTimeZoneExample2 {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 Calendar mycal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
  TimeZone timezoneobj = mycal2.getTimeZone();
   System.out.println(" Display Name of Current TimeZone (mycal2) :" + timezoneobj.getDisplayName());
              Calendar mycal3 = Calendar.getInstance();
                mycal3.setTimeZone(timezoneobj);
                timezoneobj = mycal3.getTimeZone();
                System.out.println(" Display Name of TimeZone (mycal3):" + timezoneobj.getDisplayName());
                   }
}

Output:

Display Name of Current TimeZone (mycal2) :Pacific Standard Time
Display Name of TimeZone (mycal3):Pacific Standard Time

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