Get current time in a given timezone : android

Question

I am new to Android and I am currently facing an issue to get current time given the timezone.

I get timezone in the format \"GMT-7\" i.e. string. and I have the sys

Answer 1

One way to deal with time zone and milliseconds values:

val currentDateTime = Calendar.getInstance().apply {
        timeZone?.let {
            val tzCalendar = Calendar.getInstance(it)
            this.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, tzCalendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY))
            this.set(Calendar.MINUTE, tzCalendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE))
        }
    }.time

This way you're getting time in milliseconds for the specific timezone.