Java Utility Library

Java TimeZone - getDisplayName() Method



The java.util.TimeZone.getDisplayName() method returns a long standard time name of this TimeZone suitable for presentation to the user in the default locale.

Syntax

public final String getDisplayName()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the human-readable name of this time zone in the default locale.

Exception

NA

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.TimeZone.getDisplayName() method is used to get a name of the given time zone.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a TimeZone object
    TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
   
    //get the display name of the TimeZone object
    Object tzname = tz.getDisplayName();

    //printing the display name
    System.out.println("Display name is: " + tzname);
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

Display name is: Coordinated Universal Time

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