Question

I have a date that I get from a server formatted in EST like this

05/07/2012 16:55:55 goes month/day/year then time

if the phone is not in EST how can I convert it to the timezone the phone is in?

it would be not problem if I got the time in milliseconds but I dont

EDIT:

ok now the time is not correct when formatting

                String sTOC = oNewSTMsg.getAttribute("TOC").toString();
                String timezoneID = TimeZone.getDefault().getID();
                DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss");
                format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST"));
                String newtimezoneID = TimeZone.getDefault().getID();
                Date timestamp = null;
                try{
                    timestamp = format.parse(sTOC);
                    format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
                    timezoneID = format.format(timestamp);
                }catch(ParseException e){

                }

I convert it to “EST” then format that time to the default TimeZone but the time is always off by an hour, not sure why?

Answer 1

Use the following code to get a UNIX timestamp:

String serverResp = "05/07/2012 16:55:55";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss");
Date date = format.parse(serverResp);

Now you have the timestamp, which you know how to use.

Here’s another question which covers conversion, in case you are curious: Android Convert Central Time to Local Time