Java TimeZone clone() Method

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Description

The Java TimeZone clone() method is used to create a copy of this TimeZone.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.TimeZone.clone() method.

public Object clone()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

The method call returns a clone of this TimeZone.

Exception

NA

Cloning a TimeZone of India Region Example

The following example shows the usage of Java TimeZone clone() method to create a clone of TimeZone object. We've created a TimeZone using India then printed it. Then we've created the clone of this object using clone() method and printed it as well.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class TimeZoneDemo {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      
      // create simple time zone object 
      TimeZone stobj = new SimpleTimeZone(720,"India");
      System.out.println("Original obj: " + stobj);

      // clone the object
      Object cloneObj = stobj.clone();
      System.out.println("Clone obj: " + cloneObj);
   }    
}

Output

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

Original obj: java.util.TimeZone[id=India,offset=720,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]
Clone obj: java.util.TimeZone[id=India,offset=720,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]

Cloning a TimeZone of America Region Example

The following example shows the usage of Java TimeZone clone() method to create a clone of TimeZone object. We've created a TimeZone using America/Los_Angeles then printed it. Then we've created the clone of this object using clone() method and printed it as well.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class TimeZoneDemo {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      
      // create simple time zone object 
      TimeZone stobj = new SimpleTimeZone(720,"America/Los_Angeles");
      System.out.println("Original obj: " + stobj);

      // clone the object
      Object cloneObj = stobj.clone();
      System.out.println("Clone obj: " + cloneObj);
   }    
}

Output

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

Original obj: java.util.TimeZone[id=America/Los_Angeles,offset=720,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]
Clone obj: java.util.TimeZone[id=America/Los_Angeles,offset=720,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]

Cloning a TimeZone of Europe Region Example

The following example shows the usage of Java TimeZone clone() method to create a clone of TimeZone object. We've created a TimeZone using Europe/Paris then printed it. Then we've created the clone of this object using clone() method and printed it as well.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class TimeZoneDemo {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      
      // create simple time zone object 
      TimeZone stobj = new SimpleTimeZone(720,"Europe/Paris");
      System.out.println("Original obj: " + stobj);

      // clone the object
      Object cloneObj = stobj.clone();
      System.out.println("Clone obj: " + cloneObj);
   }    
}

Output

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

Original obj: java.util.TimeZone[id=Europe/Paris,offset=720,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]
Clone obj: java.util.TimeZone[id=Europe/Paris,offset=720,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=false,startYear=0,startMode=0,startMonth=0,startDay=0,startDayOfWeek=0,startTime=0,startTimeMode=0,endMode=0,endMonth=0,endDay=0,endDayOfWeek=0,endTime=0,endTimeMode=0]