Getting the Current Time in Another Time Zone

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// Get the current time in Hong Kong
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Hongkong"));

int hour12 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR);         // 0..11
int minutes = cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);      // 0..59
int seconds = cal.get(Calendar.SECOND);      // 0..59
boolean am = cal.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == Calendar.AM;

// Get the current hour-of-day at GMT
cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
int hour24 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);  // 0..23

// Get the current local hour-of-day
cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
hour24 = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);      // 0..23