TimeZone ID's in Java

Question

I\'m having weird problem with java TimeZone..

Calling TimeZone.getDefault() gives my local time zone, which has an ID \"GMT+02:00\". Funny thing is

Answer 1

Joda time has a constant DateTimeZone.UTC. That class or constant might be of help to you. http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/DateTimeZone.html

Java 8 UPDATE

Java 8 also now has ZoneOffset.UTC: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/ZoneOffset.html#UTC