Java convert UTC timestamp to local DateTime

Question

I know there are dozens of answered posts about converting UTC Time/Date To/From local time already but non helped me to figure out what my problem is. My question is: By having UTC timestamp, how can i get local DateTime? This is what I have right now but this just convert the timestamp to DateTime format.

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());         
sdf.format(new Date(timestamp * 1000));

Edited: I'm saving the UTC timestamp on the cloud so every device (Android/iOS) can query and convert to it's time zone.

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '13 at 07:01

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Try this is working with me

public  String getDateCurrentTimeZone(long timestamp) {
        try{
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
            TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
            calendar.setTimeInMillis(timestamp * 1000);
            calendar.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, tz.getOffset(calendar.getTimeInMillis()));
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
            Date currenTimeZone = (Date) calendar.getTime();
            return sdf.format(currenTimeZone);
        }catch (Exception e) {
        }
        return "";
    }

answered Sep 09 '13 at 07:01

Biraj Zalavadia

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Something weird happened sometime ago, without using "calendar.add". My SimpleDateFormat start to convert UTC time to local time zone (Asia/Kuala Lumpur) automatically but 1 hour less than my device time. I suspect DST but couldn't help how to solve this! – kazemipouya Sep 24 '13 at 04:16
kazemipouya: It's strange, because in theory getOffset() already has into account DST. Maybe Calendar isn't the best class to compute the timezone offset addition, because it's aware of timezones and DST by itself. I'm working with UTC dates and I'm adding the timezone offset by hand: long utcTimestamp = utcDate.getTime(); Date localizedDate = new Date(utcTimestamp + TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(utcTimestamp)); – eocanha May 07 '14 at 11:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '13 at 04:41

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You can try this

 String DATE_FORMAT = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss a z" ;
 final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
 sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
 String dateTimeString =  sdf.format(new Date());
 System.out.println(dateTimeString);   // current UTC time
 long timeStamp=sdf.parse(dateTimeString).getTime(); //current UTC time in milisec
 Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
 cal.setTime(new Date(timeStamp));
 cal.add(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 5);
 cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 30);
 System.out.println(sdf.format(cal.getTime()));  // time relevant to UTC+5.30

answered Sep 09 '13 at 04:41

Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera

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I just edited the post, not possible to add hours and minutes on the code manually. This must happen based on timezone of device. – kazemipouya Sep 09 '13 at 06:07
@kazemipouya you are wrong. It is possible to add hours as well as minutes to current time. you must learn about `Java calender`. – Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera Sep 09 '13 at 06:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:26

U can use Joda time to convert local to UTC and vice-versa e.g Local to UTC


DateTime dateTimeNew = new DateTime(date.getTime(), DateTimeZone.forID("Asia/Calcutta"));
    SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
    String datetimeString = dateTimeNew.toString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    long milis = 0;
    try {
        milis = simpleDateFormat.parse(datetimeString).getTime();
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

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