Question

I have a MySql database that stores a timestamp for each record I insert. I pull that timestamp into my Android application as a string. My database is located on a server that has a TimeZone of CST. I want to convert that CST timestamp to the Android device’s local time.

Can someone help with this?

Answer 1

can’t you simply convert the date with simpleDateFormat?
then you just define the structure of your incoming date like that (df) and transform it to the form you want (df):

private static DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
private static DateFormat df2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy 'at' HH:mm");

public void setyourDate(String yourDate) {
Date date2;
yourDate = getyourDate() + "" + yourDate;
try {
date2 = df.parse(yourDate);
yourDate = df2.format(date2);

} catch (ParseException e) {
}
this.yourDate = yourDate;
}

does it make sense?