Android Convert Central Time to Local Time

Question

I have a MySql database that stores a timestamp for each record I insert. I pull that timestamp into my Android application as a string. My database is located on a server

Answer 1

This is an old question, but I want to write my answer. Assume, the timestamp you get from SQL is like the following format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss

public static Date convertStringToDate(String strDate) {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
    sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CST"));
    return sdf.parse(strDate);
}