TimeZone with Calendar confusing results

Question

I have been working with timezone conversions lately and am quite astonished by the result i get.Basically, i want to convert a date from one timezone into another. below is

Answer 1

This code works for me to convert to UTC:

1. create a Calendar Object with UTC time zone

   Calendar utcTime = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
   

2. set the point in time in the UTC Calendar object from the "any time zone" Calendar object

   utcTime.setTimeInMillis(myCalendarObjectInSomeOtherTimeZone.getTimeInMillis());
   

3. utcTime will now contain the same point in time as myCalendarObjectInSomeOtherTimeZone converted to UTC.