Java SimpleTimeZone getRawOffset() Method

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Description

The Java SimpleTimeZone 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

Getting GMT OffSet of SimpleTimeZone of India Zone Example

The following example shows the usage of Java SimpleTimeZone getRawOffset() method to get the GMT offset of a SimpleTimeZone object. We've created a SimpleTimeZone using India. Then we've retrieved the GMT offset and printed it.

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,"India");

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

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

Output

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

Raw Offset is : 720

Getting GMT OffSet of SimpleTimeZone of US Zone Example

The following example shows the usage of Java SimpleTimeZone getRawOffset() method to get the GMT offset of a SimpleTimeZone object. We've created a SimpleTimeZone using US. Then we've retrieved the GMT offset and printed it.

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");

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

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

Output

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

Raw Offset is : 720

Getting GMT OffSet of SimpleTimeZone of UK Zone Example

The following example shows the usage of Java SimpleTimeZone getRawOffset() method to get the GMT offset of a SimpleTimeZone object. We've created a SimpleTimeZone using UK. Then we've retrieved the GMT offset and printed it.

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");

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

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

Output

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

Raw Offset is : 720