How to convert RFC 2822 formated Date to EST Date

Question

I'm getting date time as "Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:19:23 +0000" from twilio API. As described in doc its a RFC 2822 format but don't describe time zone. Now i want to display this date to users in EST format. How to achieve this?

This is my sample code

Date sentDateInEST = new Date(twilioMessage.getDateSentInString());
System.out.println("Server date ="+twilioMessage.getDateSentInString());
//Getting Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:11:52 +0000

DateFormat estFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss");
TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST"));


System.out.println("sentDateInEST = "+estFormat.parse(estFormat.format(sentDateInEST)));
//Getting Tue Sep 08 04:11:52 EST 2015

Please help me. Thanks

Relates to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2458524/parsing-rfc-2822-date-in-java — Andreas, Sep 08 '15 at 10:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 10:56

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Try this pattern:

String pattern = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";

(you missed the Z at the end)

answered Sep 08 '15 at 10:56

Andreas

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What it is indicating +0000? – srihari Sep 08 '15 at 12:10
I think this is GMT; GMT+1 would be +0100 – Andreas Sep 08 '15 at 12:14

How to convert RFC 2822 formated Date to EST Date

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