Still need some help.. Getting current time somewhere

[jojo]

Hi guys, i'm trying to get the current time at the PDT
i tried the following:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PDT"), Locale.US);
c.getDate().toString();

But it doesn't work, i also tried removing the Locale.US, but still the same..
the output is the same time as i have.. but it should at this time be like 9AM, while it gives me 6PM (my time)


thanks in advance!

[jojo]

anyone can help me?

[RichersooN]

Im not sure but you can try this:

 Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();

            String hourFormat,
                   minuteFormat,
                   secondsFormat;

            int hour = now.get(Calendar.HOUR),
                minute = now.get(Calendar.MINUTE),
                seconds = now.get(Calendar.SECOND),
                currentYear = Integer.parseInt(yearInteger.format(now.getTime())),
                currentMonth = Integer.parseInt(monthInteger.format(now.getTime())),

            timeField.setText(" " + hourFormat + ":" + minuteFormat + ":" + secondsFormat);

IF THE ABOVE DOESN'T HELP, I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU COMPUTER CLOCK SETTING, SET IT TO LOCALE US

[jojo]

Im not sure but you can try this:

 Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();

            String hourFormat,
                   minuteFormat,
                   secondsFormat;

            int hour = now.get(Calendar.HOUR),
                minute = now.get(Calendar.MINUTE),
                seconds = now.get(Calendar.SECOND),
                currentYear = Integer.parseInt(yearInteger.format(now.getTime())),
                currentMonth = Integer.parseInt(monthInteger.format(now.getTime())),

            timeField.setText(" " + hourFormat + ":" + minuteFormat + ":" + secondsFormat);

IF THE ABOVE DOESN'T HELP, I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU COMPUTER CLOCK SETTING, SET IT TO LOCALE US

Thats my problem, i don't want to set my clock to something else.
I need to get the time, i tried using Locale.US in the constructor but it didn't work.. and yours will just give me my time also..

thanks though

[DarrylBurke]

You've missed that Date doesn't have a TimeZone -- it represents an instant in time. Date's toString() does however use the default TimeZone to format its output, as you have already observed. Nothing you can do will change that.

Use SimpleDateFormat#setTimeZone(...) and format(...)

db

[jojo]

Yep, indeed it works
Thanks!

[makpandian]

jojo.

May i know which OS you have been using so far?

Why i am asking is this , i too have been suffering the same issue in my Windows 7.

[jojo]

currently XP, but it works you jsut need to do it like this: (for my example)

DateFormat PDTFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
PDTFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Americ a/Los_Angeles"));

System.out.println("time "+PDTFormat.format(c));

[makpandian]

jojo Thanks a lot. With the help of code u have sent, I fixed my problem Thanks a lot..

[jojo]

np; glad it worked! ;)

[makpandian]

me too so happy .... Cheers..