Java UTC Date toUTCDate(String dateStr)

Description

to UTC Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date toUTCDate(String dateStr) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

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

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

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static final String TIME_ZONE_UTC_GMT = "+0000";
    private static final String DATE_TIME_FORMAT = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZZ yyyy";

    public static Date toUTCDate(String dateStr) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_TIME_FORMAT, Locale.ENGLISH);

        format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(TIME_ZONE_UTC_GMT));
        return format.parse(dateStr);
    }//from  w  ww .j a v  a 2 s  .co m
}

Related

1. nowInUTC()
2. nowUtc(String pattern)
3. nowUTCString()
4. SerializeUtc(Date dt)
5. stringToUTC(String utc)
6. toUTCString(Date date)
7. toUTCString(long t)
8. utcTime(Locale locale)
9. utcTimestamp(Date date)