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

Convert the Date to String and do it with SimpleDateFormat.

    SimpleDateFormat readFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
    readFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT" + timezoneOffset));
    String dateStr = readFormat.format(date);
    SimpleDateFormat writeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
    Date date = writeFormat.parse(dateStr);