Java SystemV timezones and JodaTime

Question

I am working with timezones in a Java application using JodaTime. I encounter a problem when trying to build a DateTimeZone (JodaTime) object from the id of a java timezone.

Answer 1

You can simply convert java TimeZone to DateTimeZone, using method DateTimeZone#forTimeZone

TimeZone tz = //...  
DateTimeZone dtz = DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(tz);  

Some of this zones can be parsed without "SystemV/"

So you can use

String tzId = "SystemV/MST7MDT";
DateTimeZone tz = DateTimeZone.forID(tzId.replaceAll("SystemV/", ""));  

Also you can make next

TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("SystemV/MST7MDT");
DateTimeZone jodaTz = DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(tz);