TimeZone.getOffset

int getOffset(int interval)

Determines the offset to UTC in effect during a particular interval of time in the time zone tz.

The offset is the number of seconds that you add to UTC time to arrive at local time for tz (ie: negative numbers for time zones west of GMT, positive numbers for east).

Parameters

intervalan interval within the timezone

Returns

the number of seconds that should be added to UTC to get the

local time in tz