Java TimeZone - getID() Method

The java.util.TimeZone.getID() method is used to get the ID of this time zone.

Syntax

public String getID()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the ID of this time zone.

Exception

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.TimeZone.getID() method is used to get the ID 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 name and ID of the TimeZone object
    Object tzname = tz.getDisplayName();
    Object tzid = tz.getID();

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

The output of the above code will be:

Display name is: Coordinated Universal Time
ID is: Etc/UTC

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