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| From | loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Timezones and versions of Java |
| Date | 2011-05-23 07:38 -0700 |
| Organization | http://groups.google.com |
| Message-ID | <fde67e7a-6198-4e7f-a07b-4655c1108d15@j13g2000pro.googlegroups.com> (permalink) |
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. :
Local Offset 3600000
EST Offset -14400000
EST time Tue May 04 07:48:18 2010
BST time Tue May 04 12:48:18 2010
However if run under Java 1.6 (on the same machine), it returns a time
difference of 6 hours :
Local Offset 3600000
EST Offset -18000000
EST time Tue May 04 06:48:18 2010
BST time Tue May 04 12:48:18 2010
Do I need to do something different in Java 1.6?.
Platform is linux.
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 +
remoteOffse;
System.out.println("EST time " + dateToPutInDB)
System.out.println("BST time " + date);
}
}
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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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