Date and time conversion to some other Timezone in java

Question

i have written this code to convert the current system date and time to some other timezone. I am not getting any error but i am not getting my output as expected. Like if i

Answer 1

You can just use "CST6CDT" because in some countries they follow CDT in summer and CST in winter

 public static String getDateInCST() {
             Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
             DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
             formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone( "CST6CDT"));
             String strdate = formatter.format(calendar.getTime());
             TimeZone.getAvailableIDs();
             return strdate;
     }

Answer 2

Handling dates in Java in my daily work is a non-trivial task. I suggest you to use Joda-Time that simplify our coding days and you don't have to "re-invent the wheel".

Answer 3

Problem is when you print date obj it call toString method and it will print in your machines default time zone. Try this code and see difference.

Calendar currentdate = Calendar.getInstance();
String strdate = null;
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ssz");
strdate = formatter.format(currentdate.getTime());
System.out.println("strdate=>" + strdate);
TimeZone obj = TimeZone.getTimeZone("CST");

formatter.setTimeZone(obj);
strdate = formatter.format(currentdate.getTime());
Date theResult = formatter.parse(strdate);

System.out.println("The current time in India is  :: " +currentdate.getTime());

System.out.println("The date and time in :: " + obj.getDisplayName() + "is ::" + theResult);
System.out.println("The date and time in :: " + obj.getDisplayName() + "is ::" + strdate);

Answer 4

SimpleDateFormat#setTimezone() is the answer. One formatter with ETC timezone you use for parsing, another with UTC for producing output string:

DateFormat dfNy = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.ROOT);
dfNy.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST"));
DateFormat dfUtc = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.ROOT);
dfUtc.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

try {
    return dfUtc.format(dfNy.parse(input));
} catch (ParseException e) {
    return null;              // invalid input
}

Answer 5

It's over the web. Could have googled. Anyways, here is a version for you (shamelessly picked and modified from here):

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
TimeZone fromTimeZone = calendar.getTimeZone();
TimeZone toTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("CST");

calendar.setTimeZone(fromTimeZone);
calendar.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, fromTimeZone.getRawOffset() * -1);
if (fromTimeZone.inDaylightTime(calendar.getTime())) {
    calendar.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, calendar.getTimeZone().getDSTSavings() * -1);
}

calendar.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, toTimeZone.getRawOffset());
if (toTimeZone.inDaylightTime(calendar.getTime())) {
    calendar.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, toTimeZone.getDSTSavings());
}

System.out.println(calendar.getTime());

Answer 6

You can use two SimpleDateFormat, one for parse the date string with EST timezone, one for print the date with UTC timezone

String format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
    SimpleDateFormat estFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
    estFormatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST"));
    Date date = estFormatter.parse("2015-11-01 01:00:00");

    SimpleDateFormat utcFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
    utcFormatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

    System.out.println(utcFormatter.format(date));