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I'm trying to get the UTC offset in seconds in android. Since the emulator keeps returning 0, I can't tell if I'm doing this correctly or not.
Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance(); TimeZone tz=c.getTimeZone(); int offsetFromUtc=tz.getOffset(0)/1000; When I put 0 in the tz.getOffset it means I just want the number of seconds from gmt. Let me know if what Im doing is correct. Thanks
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(GMT-5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)Add the local time offset to the UTC time. For example, if your local time offset is -5:00, and if the UTC time is shown as 11:00, add -5 to 11. The time setting when adjusted for offset is 06:00 (6:00 A.M.). Note The date also follows UTC format.
Java TimeZone getOffset() Method The getOffset(int era, int year, int month, int day, int dayOfWeek, int milliseconds) method of TimeZone class is used to get the offset of time zone, and the current date. This offset is used to get the local time.
On a current Android device, tap the Clock app, tap the Globe icon (bottom of the screen), then search for UTC and tap the UTC result. On a current iOS device, tap the Clock app, tap World Clock, then + (in the upper-right corner), search for UTC, then tap the UTC result.
A UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes between a particular time zone and UTC, the time at zero degrees longitude. For example, New York is UTC-05:00, which means it is five hours behind London, which is UTC±00:00.
Time Zone offsets can change during the year, perhaps the most common reason is Daylight Savings Time. Instead of passing 0 to TimeZone.getOffset() uses the current time to get the current offset, create a new Date and get its Time value:
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault(); Date now = new Date(); int offsetFromUtc = tz.getOffset(now.getTime()) / 1000; The emulator defaults to UTC, try checking the available timezones to test. Also you can pass a timezone switch to set the timezone, check the documentation for -timezone.
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