Convert UTC to current locale time

Question

I am downloading some JSON data from a webservice. In this JSON I\'ve got some Date/Time values. Everything in UTC. How can I parse this date string so the result Date objec

Answer 1

So you want to inform SimpleDateFormat of UTC time zone:

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
TimeZone utcZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(utcZone);
Date myDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(rawQuestion.getString("AskDateTime"));

To display:

simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
String formattedDate = simpleDateFormat.format(myDate);