Convert UTC into Local Time on Android

Question

In my project, I have get the API response in json format. I get a string value of time in UTC time format like this Jul 16, 2013 12:08:59 AM.
I need to cha

Answer 1

1.Local to UTC Converter

public static String localToUTC(String dateFormat, String datesToConvert) {


        String dateToReturn = datesToConvert;

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
        Date gmt = null;

        SimpleDateFormat sdfOutPutToSend = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        sdfOutPutToSend.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

        try {

            gmt = sdf.parse(datesToConvert);
            dateToReturn = sdfOutPutToSend.format(gmt);

        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return dateToReturn;
    }

2. UTC to Local Converter

public static String uTCToLocal(String dateFormatInPut, String dateFomratOutPut, String datesToConvert) {


    String dateToReturn = datesToConvert;

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormatInPut);
    sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

    Date gmt = null;

    SimpleDateFormat sdfOutPutToSend = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFomratOutPut);
    sdfOutPutToSend.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());

    try {

        gmt = sdf.parse(datesToConvert);
        dateToReturn = sdfOutPutToSend.format(gmt);

    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return dateToReturn; }