How to get UTC offset in seconds in android

Question

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.

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Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The default timezone of the emulator is GMT, meaning you will always get an offset of 0. Your code looks fine (I didn't try it). Try changing the timezone of your emulator to something else and check your code. Take a look in this open post: Link