Java Data Type How to - Convert date/calendar in different timezones








Question

We would like to know how to convert date/calendar in different timezones.

Answer

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date d = new Date();
    System.out.println(d);

    DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
    df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Australia/Sydney"));
    System.out.println(df.format(d));
    df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/London"));
    System.out.println(df.format(d));
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.