Converting Zulu time to local time in java

Question

I'm trying to work with the github api, but according to the test api endpoint I was given to try, all of the times are in zulu time, and I need to convert them to a local timezone, and after a brief scouring of the internet, I can't find any easy way to do so.

Github endpoint in question: https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/pmrpc/commits?path=README.markdown

Example Timestamp: 2014-01-03T17:41:23Z

relevant? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2201925/converting-iso-8601-compliant-string-to-java-util-date — zapl, Oct 04 '15 at 23:14
@hd1 - Doh! The strategy is: 1) use a function to parse the time string, represented in a well understood format like ISO 8601, and convert that into a 'universal' form, seconds from a fixed, known, point (e.g. start of epoch for UNIX is 1st of January 1970, 00:00:00). Then 2) use a function to build a string (again in ISO 8601 or similar) for the local time zone. — gbulmer, Oct 04 '15 at 23:19
@chrylis it's built-in to Java, since version 1.1, but it's always a buggy implementation. Hence, the good Lord gave us joda. — hd1, Oct 04 '15 at 23:59
@hd1.4 You seem a bit out of date. Java 8 overhauled time handling, largely inspired by Joda. — chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-, Oct 05 '15 at 04:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '15 at 23:06

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String time = "2014-01-03T17:41:23Z";
DateTimeFormatter format = ISODateTimeFormat.basicDateTime();
DateTime jodaObj = format.parseDateTime(time);

If you use joda, the above should sort you.

answered Oct 04 '15 at 23:06

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