Java UTC Date getUTCDateFromString(String date)

Description

get UTC Date From String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date getUTCDateFromString(String date) throws ParseException, Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static Date getUTCDateFromString(String date) throws ParseException, Exception {
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss", Locale.ENGLISH);
        Date result = df.parse(date);
        return getUTCDate(result.getTime());
    }/*w w  w.j  av  a 2 s  .co m*/

    public static Date getUTCDate(Long milliseconds) {
        //Date converted to UTC
        if (milliseconds == null)
            return null;

        TimeZone currentTimezone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        Date currentDateUTC = new Date(milliseconds - currentTimezone.getRawOffset());

        return currentDateUTC;
    }
}

Related

1. getUTCCalendar()
2. getUTCCalendar(Calendar value)
3. getUTCCalendarFromDialogString(String dateString)
4. getUTCDate()
5. getUtcDate(String date, String pattern)
6. getUtcDateString()
7. getUtcDateStringFromTimestamp(Date timeStamp)
8. GetUTCdatetimeAsString()
9. GetUtcNow()