Question

I make next operation:

Set time zone on device to GMT+0400 (NOT from code)

Create new Date

And print time (SimpleDateFormat) – in milliseconds

Got
11-19 19:16:40.920: I/System.out(30070): TEST TIME:1353330825273 TIME:19.11

When i change on device my timeZone to GMT+0600
and now create Date with milliseconds 1353330825273

Date myDate=new Date(1353330825273L);

But when i print time again i got
11-19 19:17:00.920: I/System.out(30070): TEST TIME:1353330825273 TIME:21.11

Time format string is: k:mm

Why? How to disable timeZone modifing my time?

Answer 1

It has to do with formatting, not timezone, but in case you want to disable timezone, then do something like this:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
return sdf.format(date);

This will set your timezone to GMT/UTC