Java tutorial
import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { // Get the current time in Hong Kong Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Hongkong")); int hour12 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR); // 0..11 int minutes = cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE); // 0..59 int seconds = cal.get(Calendar.SECOND); // 0..59 boolean am = cal.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == Calendar.AM; // Get the current hour-of-day at GMT cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT")); int hour24 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY); // 0..23 // Get the current local hour-of-day cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault()); hour24 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY); // 0..23 } }