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

If you had a timestamp (Long) as input instead (for the UTC time), since this is on Android, you can do something as such:

fun DateFormat.formatUtcEpochSecond(epochSecond: Long): String = format(CalendarEx.getFromEpochSecond(epochSecond).time)

fun DateFormat.formatUtcEpochMs(epochMilli: Long): String = format(CalendarEx.getFromEpochMilli(epochMilli).time)

CalendarEx.kt

object CalendarEx {

    @JvmStatic
    fun getFromEpochMilli(epochMilli: Long): Calendar {
        val cal = Calendar.getInstance()
        cal.timeInMillis = epochMilli
        return cal
    }

    @JvmStatic
    fun getFromEpochSecond(epochSecond: Long): Calendar {
        val cal = Calendar.getInstance()
        cal.timeInMillis = epochSecond * 1000L
        return cal
    }
}

DateHelper.kt

/**
 * gets the default date formatter of the device
 */
@JvmStatic
fun getFormatDateUsingDeviceSettings(context: Context): java.text.DateFormat {
    return DateFormat.getDateFormat(context) ?: SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd", Locale.getDefault())
}

/**
 * gets the default time formatter of the device
 */
@JvmStatic
fun getFormatTimeUsingDeviceSettings(context: Context): java.text.DateFormat {
    return DateFormat.getTimeFormat(context) ?: SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm", Locale.getDefault())
}

Example usage:

    val dateFormat = DateHelper.getFormatDateUsingDeviceSettings(this)
    val timeFormat = DateHelper.getFormatTimeUsingDeviceSettings(this)
    val timeStampSecondsInUtc = 1516797000L
    val localDateTime = Instant.ofEpochSecond(timeStampSecondsInUtc).atZone(ZoneId.ofOffset("UTC", ZoneOffset.ofHours(0))).toLocalDateTime()
    Log.d("AppLog", "input time in UTC:" + localDateTime)
    Log.d("AppLog", "formatted date and time in current config:${dateFormat.formatUtcEpochSecond(timeStampSecondsInUtc)} ${timeFormat.formatUtcEpochSecond(timeStampSecondsInUtc)}")