TimeZone daylight saving

In this chapter you will learn:

1. Get daylight saving

Get daylight saving

• int getDSTSavings()
  Returns the amount of time to be added to local standard time to get local wall clock time.
• abstract boolean inDaylightTime(Date date)
  Queries if the given date is in daylight savings time in this time zone.
• abstract boolean useDaylightTime()
  Queries if this time zone uses daylight savings time.

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;
//from   j a v a 2 s  .  co m
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York");

    System.out.println(tz.inDaylightTime(new Date()));
  }
}

The output:

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What you will learn in the next chapter:

1. Create DateFormat to format date

Date

    Date class

    Date comparison

    Converting date value

    DateFormat class

    Format time

    DateFormat and Locale

    Convert String to Date

Calendar

    Calendar class

    Calendar date time getter

    Calendar set hour,minute,second

    Calendar calculation

    Calendar comparison

    Calendar properties

    GregorianCalendar

TimeZone

    TimeZone

    TimeZone ID and display name

    TimeZone daylight saving

DateFormat

    DateFormat class

    Format time

    DateFormat and Locale

    Convert String to Date

    SimpleDateFormat

    Parse date string into Date object

    SimpleDateFormat day format

    SimpleDateFormat Hour Time format

    SimpleDateFormat format minute

    SimpleDateFormat to format month

    SimpleDateFormat to format second value

    SimpleDateFormat to format TimeZone

    SimpleDateFormat to format year

    SimpleDateFormat to combine formatting flags