Android Date to UTC Convert getDateInUTC(String date)

Description

get Date In UTC

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date getDateInUTC(String date) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static Date getDateInUTC(String date) throws ParseException {
        return getCalendarInUTC(date).getTime();
    }/* w w  w. jav a  2 s  .  c om*/

    public static Calendar getCalendarInUTC(String date)
            throws ParseException {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone
                .getTimeZone("UTC"));
        SimpleDateFormat fromDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
                "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        calendar.setTime(fromDateFormat.parse(date));
        return calendar;
    }
}

Related

1. nowUTC()
2. localDateToUTC(Date dtLocal)
3. currentDateInUTC()
4. getCalendarInUTC(String date)