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Asked: 2026-05-30T15:38:03+00:00

I have variable that store data datetime UTC from database. I want to make

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I have variable that store data datetime UTC from database. I want to make it in Local datetime format, can i do that?

for example:

Date dateFromDB = getfromDB();

dateFromDB = UTCtoLocalTimezone(dateFromDB);

What the code in method UTCtoLocalTimezone?

Or do you have any better solution?
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  1. Editorial Team

    Personally I would use Joda Time:

    DateTimeZone zone = ...;
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(date.getTime(), zone);

    Joda Time is a much better date and time API than the built-in one, but that would work too:

    TimeZone zone = ...;
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(zone);
calendar.setTime(date);

    I wouldn’t use the (deprecated) Date constructor though. For one thing, it doesn’t do what you appear to think it does… this:

     new Date(2012,03,02,11,30,0);

    constructs a value representing the 2nd of February in the year 3912…

    This won’t be a problem if you’re fetching the Date from the database, but obviously it will affect unit testing. You should really avoid all the deprecated members of Date – they’re deprecated for good reason.

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