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Re: Timezones and versions of Java

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From	loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Timezones and versions of Java
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import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class testtz {
    public static void main(String[] args) {


       Date date = null;


       SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new
SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");


       try {


            date = dateFormat.parse("20100504124818");
       }
       catch(ParseException pe) {
           System.out.println("Error");
       }


       TimeZone tz1 = TimeZone.getDefault();


       long localOffset = tz1.getOffset(date.getTime());


       System.out.println("Local Offset " + localOffset);


       TimeZone tz2 = TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST");


       long remoteOffset = tz2.getOffset(date.getTime());


       System.out.println("EST Offset " + remoteOffset);


       Date dateToPutInDB = new Date(date.getTime() - localOffset +
remoteOffset);


       System.out.println("EST time " + dateToPutInDB);


       System.out.println("BST time " + date);


   }

}







On May 23, 3:45 pm, Nigel Wade <nmw-n...@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 23/05/11 15:38, loial wrote:
>
> > I am trying to convert BST times to EST.
>
> > The following code correctly returns a difference of 5 hours between
> > the 2 times when run under Java 1.5. :
>
> Not it doesn't, it doesn't even compile. Post the actual code you are
> running.
>
> --
> Nigel Wade

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Timezones and versions of Java loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 07:38 -0700
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-23 15:45 +0100
    Re: Timezones and versions of Java loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 08:12 -0700
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-23 16:26 +0100
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-23 11:58 -0400
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-24 11:50 +1200
    Re: Timezones and versions of Java Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-24 02:16 +0200
      Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-24 14:40 +1200
        Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de> - 2011-05-24 09:12 +0200
          Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-24 20:25 +1200
            Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-24 08:14 -0400
              Re: Timezones and versions of Java bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2011-05-25 09:55 +0100
            Re: Timezones and versions of Java Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-05-24 12:32 +0000
              Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 12:04 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-24 21:57 -0400
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-05-25 09:39 +0300
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 19:49 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-25 09:35 +0100
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-05-25 14:55 +0300
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-27 13:09 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-26 22:11 -0400
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-25 09:35 -0700
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-26 11:34 +1200
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-25 21:50 -0400
                Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 19:50 +1200
            Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de> - 2011-05-24 17:26 +0200
              Re: Timezones and versions of Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 12:07 +1200
  Re: Timezones and versions of Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-24 19:34 -0700

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