ZonedDateTime to UTC with offset applied?

Question

I am using Java 8
This is what my ZonedDateTime looks like

2013-07-10T02:52:49+12:00

I get this value as <

Answer 1

Is this what you want? This converts your ZonedDateTime to a LocalDateTime with a given ZoneId by converting your ZonedDateTime to an Instant before.

LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(z1.toInstant(), ZoneOffset.UTC);

Or maybe you want the users system-timezone instead of hardcoded UTC:

LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(z1.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());