Get the current TimeZone using the Calendar class

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This example shows how to get and display the current timezone using the Calendar class.
First we create a Calendar instance using the static method getInstance(). Then call the getTimeZone() method to get a TimeZone object.
Finally we call the getDisplayName() method which returns the current timezone as a string, which we send to System.out.

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;

/**
*
* @author www.javadb.com
*
* Displays the current timezone
*/
public class Main {

     /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

        TimeZone timeZone = cal.getTimeZone();

        System.out.println(timeZone.getDisplayName());
    }
}

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