How to set timezone in Intellij IDEA
Created: 2021-05-28 | 2 min
Quick note on how to set timezone in Intellij IDEA.
#Steps
- Step 1: Create a simple java project (
main()
method to just print the current date-time for testing) - Step 2: Set timezone in Intellij (will set timezone via JVM options)
#Step 1: Create a simple java project
- Create a Java project with only one single java class called
App.java
. - Create its method main to be executable
- Print the current date and time in console
import java.util.Date; public class App { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(new Date()); } }
Run the app (right click on the class > Run App.main), current date and time reflects my timezone in the console (Peru in my case):
Fri May 28 16:38:08 PET 2021
#Step 2: Set timezone in Intellij
- Open Run/Debug Configurations and click on Add VM options
- Under VM options, type the timezone you want. Example:
-Duser.timezone="UTC"
if you want UTC.
- Run the application again, current date and time should now reflect UTC in the console:
Fri May 28 21:43:39 UTC 2021
#Notes
Tested with:
- Intellij IDEA v2021.1.1
- Java 8