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user63898
user63898

Reputation: 30885

Java converting unix time to date different on each computer,why?

i have weird situation i have simple code that looks like this :

Date d = new Date(1308670980000L);
SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy,HH:mm");
String s = f.format(d);

some computers im getting : 21.06.2011 15:43 and this is the date that im expecting to get and its fine .
but on other pc's im getting :21.06.2011,18:43 i dont know why im getting this date. what can be wrong in the pc or java configuration that gives me this ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1586

Answers (2)

Pablo Fernandez
Pablo Fernandez

Reputation: 105220

It depends on the default timezone.

If you want the GMT time you need to do something like this:

Date d = new Date(1308670980000L);
SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy,HH:mm");
f.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
String s = f.format(d);

Upvotes: 2

Matt Ball
Matt Ball

Reputation: 359776

It sounds like the two computers have their clocks set to different time zones.

Upvotes: 6

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