Date conversions

[Barb Rudnick]

Hiya! First question for y'all.

  
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 
class ConvertDateSeconds {
 
public static void main(String[] arguments) {
String s = new String("2003-08-30 16:00:00");
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = (SimpleDateFormat)
                SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance();
  sdf.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
  try {
  Date temp = sdf.parse(s);
  Date d = new Date(temp.getTime() + sdf.getTimeZone().getOffset(temp.getTime()));
  System.out.println("The date was: " + s);
  System.out.println("The date is: " + d);
long longDate = d.getTime();
System.out.println("The long date is: " + longDate);
 
}catch (Exception e){
System.out.println("Parse exception:" + e);
}
}
}
 

When I run this I get the following output:
The date was: 2003-08-30 16:00:00
The date is: Sat Aug 30 11:00:00 CDT 2003
The long date is: 1062259200000

Why does 16:00:00 become 11:00:00?

Thanks.
Regards.

[Stan James]

I see you're trying to compensate for the time zone. What happens if you take out the adjustment: "sdf.getTimeZone().getOffset(temp.getTime()"? We had a production app that hummed along happily until daylight savings time came in, and I think we made a date format with no timezone info or a "dumb" default timezone that never adjusted. It was deeply confusing at the time.

[Barb Rudnick]

When I adjust the code as suggested, it works as expected.
Thanks.