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

@SimMac Thanks for the clarity. I also faced the same issue and able to find the answer based on his suggestion.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
        String dateTime = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss";
        String date = "09/17/2017 20:53:31";
        Integer gmtPSTOffset = -8;
        ZoneOffset offset = ZoneOffset.ofHours(gmtPSTOffset);

        // String to LocalDateTime
        LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.parse(date, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(dateTime));
        // Set the generated LocalDateTime's TimeZone. In this case I set it to UTC
        ZonedDateTime ldtUTC = ldt.atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);
        System.out.println("UTC time with Timezone          : "+ldtUTC);

        // Convert above UTC to PST. You can pass ZoneOffset or Zone for 2nd parameter
        LocalDateTime ldtPST = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(ldtUTC.toInstant(), offset);
        System.out.println("PST time without offset         : "+ldtPST);

        // If you want UTC time with timezone
        ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of( "America/Los_Angeles" );
        ZonedDateTime zdtPST = ldtUTC.toLocalDateTime().atZone(zoneId);
        System.out.println("PST time with Offset and TimeZone   : "+zdtPST);

    } catch (Exception e) {
    }
}

Output:

UTC time with Timezone          : 2017-09-17T20:53:31Z
PST time without offset         : 2017-09-17T12:53:31
PST time with Offset and TimeZone   : 2017-09-17T20:53:31-08:00[America/Los_Angeles]