Question

I am downloading some JSON data from a webservice. In this JSON I’ve got some Date/Time values. Everything in UTC.
How can I parse this date string so the result Date object is in the current locale?

For example: the Server returned “2011-05-18 16:35:01” and my device should now display “2011-05-18 18:35:01” (GMT +2)

My current code:

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
Date myDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(rawQuestion.getString("AskDateTime"));

Answer 1

It has a set timezone method:

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date myDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(rawQuestion.getString("AskDateTime"));

all done!