Java SimpleDateFormat format time zone as "PST", "Pacific Standard Time", "-0800"
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Date date = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("zzz"); System.out.println("TimeZone in z format : " + sdf.format(date)); sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("zzzz"); System.out.println("TimeZone in zzzz format : " + sdf.format(date)); sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("Z"); System.out.println("TimeZone in Z format : " + sdf.format(date)); }//from w ww. j a v a 2 s .c o m }