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1. How can I get the current date and time in UTC or GMT in Java?    stackoverflow.com

When I create a new Date object, it is initialized to the current time but in the local timezone. How can I get the current date and time in GMT?

2. Force Java timezone as GMT/UTC    stackoverflow.com

I need to force any time related operations to GMT/UTC, regardless the timezone set on the machine. Any convenient way to so in code? To clarify, I'm using the DB server time ...

3. Java TimeZones: how to get UTC time values based on Console settings?    stackoverflow.com

For example, when I extract from a database a Date() variable, it contains a date with "+04:00" shift. According to my locale's settings. So, UTC time is "ourTime" MINUS 4 hours.

Then, a user ...

4. Java.util.Date: try to undestand UTC and ET more    stackoverflow.com

I live in North Carolina,btw, which is on the East Side. So I compile and run this code and it print out the same thing. The documentation say that java.util.date try ...

5. How to compute wall time from UTC time + TimeZone ID?    stackoverflow.com

I have been googling around this issue, but could not find clear and definitive documentation. Assuming I have a UTC time and a TimeZone ID, how do I calculate wall time (= ...