Java 8 Convert given time and time zone to UTC time

Question

I have a time with string type like: \"2015-01-05 17:00\" and ZoneId is \"Australia/Sydney\".

How can I convert this time info

Answer 1

An alternative to the existing answer is to setup the formatter with the appropriate time zone:

String input = "2015-01-05 17:00";
ZoneId zone = ZoneId.of("Australia/Sydney");

DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm").withZone(zone);
ZonedDateTime utc = ZonedDateTime.parse(input, fmt).withZoneSameInstant(UTC);

Since you want to interact with a database, you may need a java.sql.Timestamp, in which case you don't need to explicitly convert to a UTC time but can use an Instant instead:

ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.parse(input, fmt);
Timestamp sqlTs = Timestamp.from(zdt.toInstant());