Convert String to Time format

[plasma]

Hi there. I am new to java and am currently facing a problem with converting a string to time format. Here is my code:

String str = "09:00:00 EST" ;
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss z");
System.out.println(str);
try {
Date df = dateFormat.parse(str);
System.out.println(df);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage)
}

Output:
09:00:00 EST
Thu Jan 01 19:30:00 IST 1970

I am confused as to how the wrong time is got in the output. Please help me out. Thanks in advance.

[masijade]

The time is not wrong. It is being output in the local timezone and the "toString" format, as outlined in the API docs. If you want to output the time in a different format and timezone, then you need to set the timezone on the SimpleDateFormat object and output the Date string using SimpleDateFormat and its format method.