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javaandroiddatabasetimezonew3c

Convert W3C TimeZone to device TimeZone android

What I have

I have a date string from server which is in w3c date format 2016-02-13T09:53:49.871Z

My problem

When I post the message to the server , it shows 5 hrs before instead of just now

What I want

I wanted the server TimeZone to be converted to the device TimeZone , so that irrespective of the region , the user will see his local time format

Solution

  • I solved it , If any one needs can refer this code

    public String convertW3CTODeviceTimeZone(String strDate) throws Exception {
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormatW3C = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", Locale.US);
        simpleDateFormatW3C.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        Date dateServer = simpleDateFormatW3C.parse(strDate);

        TimeZone deviceTimeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(deviceTimeZone);

        String formattedDate = simpleDateFormat.format(dateServer);
        return formattedDate;
    }