How to set time zone of a java.util.Date?

Question

I have parsed a java.util.Date from a String but it is setting the local time zone as the time zone of the date object.

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Answer 1

You could also set the timezone at the JVM level

Date date1 = new Date();
System.out.println(date1);

TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
// or pass in a command line arg: -Duser.timezone="UTC"

Date date2 = new Date();
System.out.println(date2);

output:

Thu Sep 05 10:11:12 EDT 2013
Thu Sep 05 14:11:12 UTC 2013