Java Date UTC Parse getUtcDate(final int year, final int month, final int day)

Description

This method returns an UTC date base on the year, the month and the day.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
year	the value used to set the YEAR calendar field.
month	the month. Month value is 0-based. e.g., 0 for January.
day	the value used to set the DAY_OF_MONTH calendar field.

Return

the UTC date base on parameters

Declaration

public static Date getUtcDate(final int year, final int month, final int day) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 * DSS - Digital Signature Services
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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This method returns an UTC date base on the year, the month and the day. The year must be encoded as 1978... and
     * not 78
     *
     * @param year
     *            the value used to set the YEAR calendar field.
     * @param month
     *            the month. Month value is 0-based. e.g., 0 for January.
     * @param day
     *            the value used to set the DAY_OF_MONTH calendar field.
     * @return the UTC date base on parameters
     */
    public static Date getUtcDate(final int year, final int month, final int day) {
        final Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        calendar.set(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0);
        final Date date = calendar.getTime();
        return date;
    }
}

Related

1. getUTCDate()
2. getUTCDate()
3. getUTCDate()
4. getUTCDate(Date date)
5. getUtcDate(Date date)
6. getUTCDate(int year, int month, int date, int h, int m, int s, int milli)
7. getUTCDate(int year, int month, int day)
8. getUTCMidnightZero(Date d)
9. parseDateAsUTC(String dateString)