Set Default time zone to the application

'TimeZone.setDefault' method is used to set time zone.

Example

TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

App.java

package com.sample.app;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class App {

 public static void main(String[] args) {

  Date beforeSettingTimeZone = new Date();
  System.out.println("beforeSettingTimeZone : " + beforeSettingTimeZone);

  TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
  
  Date afterSettingTimeZone = new Date();
  System.out.println("afterSettingTimeZone : " + afterSettingTimeZone);

 }

}

Output

beforeSettingTimeZone : Sun Dec 29 13:37:18 IST 2019

afterSettingTimeZone : Sun Dec 29 08:07:18 UTC 2019

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