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

java.util.Calendar is the usual way to handle time zones using just JDK classes. Apache Commons has some further alternatives/utilities that may be helpful. Edit Spong's note reminded me that I've heard really good things about Joda-Time (though I haven't used it myself).