Java SimpleDateFormat parse result off by one hour (and yes, I set the time zone)

Question

Riddle me this: why does this simple JUnit assertion fail?

public void testParseDate() throws ParseException {
    final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new Sim         


        

Answer 1

You also need to set up the timezone/daylight savings time for the calendar. Have a look at this snippet taken from the documentation:

 // create a Pacific Standard Time time zone
 SimpleTimeZone pdt = new SimpleTimeZone(-8 * 60 * 60 * 1000, ids[0]);

 // set up rules for daylight savings time
 pdt.setStartRule(Calendar.APRIL, 1, Calendar.SUNDAY, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
 pdt.setEndRule(Calendar.OCTOBER, -1, Calendar.SUNDAY, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000);

 // create a GregorianCalendar with the Pacific Daylight time zone
 // and the current date and time
 Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(pdt);