Converting string of timestamp to UTC date in android

Question

UTC string to UTC date conversion in android

fun convertStringDateToDate(stDate: String, format: String, tzCode: String? = null): Date? {
       return try {
           val inputFormat = SimpleDateFormat(format)
           inputFormat.timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")
           return inputFormat.parse(stDate)
       } catch (e: Exception) {
           e.printStackTrace()
           null
       }
   }

above function parses the date string in the local timezone of the device! Any idea how to get the UTC date

it gives as output of "Fri Dec 31 10:01:24 GMT+05:30 2021"
for input string of "2021-12-31T10:01:24Z"