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

Here you be able to get date like "2020-03-11T20:16:17" and return "11/Mar/2020 - 20:16"

 private String transformLocalDateTimeBrazillianUTC(String dateJson) throws  ParseException {
    String localDateTimeFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";
    SimpleDateFormat formatInput = new SimpleDateFormat(localDateTimeFormat);

    //Here is will set the time zone
    formatInput.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC-03"));

    String brazilianFormat = "dd/MMM/yyyy - HH:mm";
    SimpleDateFormat formatOutput = new SimpleDateFormat(brazilianFormat);
    Date date = formatInput.parse(dateJson);
    return formatOutput.format(date);
}