Java: Adding TimeZone to DateTimeFormatter

Question

The LocalDateTime API gives the possibility to add the TimeZone Name by using the key \"z\" in the formatter. I get an exception adding this key and don\'t understand why. I

Answer 1

The LocalDateTime class does not support time zones; you can use ZonedDateTime instead.

ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh:mm:ss a z");
System.out.println(now.format(formatter));

This no longer throws an exception and prints 06:08:20 PM EDT for me, but the timezone will differ depending on your location.