Java SimpleTimeZone getDSTSavings() Method

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Description

The Java SimpleTimeZone getDSTSavings() method is used to return the amount of time in milliseconds that the clock is advanced during daylight saving time.

Declaration

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

public int getDSTSavings()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method call returns the number of milliseconds the time is advanced with respect to standard time.

Exception

NA

Getting Difference of Daylight Savings Time of SimpleTimeZone of US Zone Example

The following example shows the usage of Java SimpleTimeZone getDSTSavings() method to get the difference of time during daylight savings time. We've created a SimpleTimeZone using US then printed the savings time difference.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;

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

      // check DST saving
      System.out.println("DST saving : " + stobj.getDSTSavings());
   }    
}

Output

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

DST saving : 0

Getting Difference of Daylight Savings Time of SimpleTimeZone of UK Zone Example

The following example shows the usage of Java SimpleTimeZone getDSTSavings() method to get the difference of time during daylight savings time. We've created a SimpleTimeZone using UK then printed the savings time difference.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;

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

      // check DST saving
      System.out.println("DST saving : " + stobj.getDSTSavings());
   }    
}

Output

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

DST saving : 0

Getting Difference of Daylight Savings Time of SimpleTimeZone of Paris Zone Example

The following example shows the usage of Java SimpleTimeZone getDSTSavings() method to get the difference of time during daylight savings time. We've created a SimpleTimeZone using Paris then printed the savings time difference.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;

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

      // check DST saving
      System.out.println("DST saving : " + stobj.getDSTSavings());
   }    
}

Output

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

DST saving : 0