Timestamp advanced 4 hours

[majid nakit]

Hi,
Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(new Date().getTime());

I am displaying the Timestamp , but instead of showing :

Last Update: 2007-10-09 13:29:32.0

it shows
Last Update: 2007-10-09 17:29:32.0

can you please help me.
thanks

[Rob Spoor]

Looks like a timezone problem.

[majid nakit]

Hi,
I am living here in Est Cost, but still get the UTC time, 4 hours ahead.
how to set the time to be my local time.
thanks

[Campbell Ritchie]

Check which time zone you are using

import java.util.Properties;
. . .
Properties props;
. . .
props = System.getProperties();
. . .
System.out.println(props.get("user.timezone"));
. . .

See whether that helps at all.

[majid nakit]

Hi,
America/New_York

wich is the correct time for Boston, but when I run my project in Netbeans, I got 4 hours ahead.

[Kamal Ahmed]

Where did you import Timestamp from?

[Jesper de Jong]

Originally posted by majid nakit:
I am displaying the Timestamp , ...

How are you displaying the timestamp? You can use a DateFormat object to format a date any way you like, and set the timezone on the DateFormat object to show it in a specific timezone. For example:

Timestamp ts = ...;   // wherever you get this from
 
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York");
 
// Displays the timezone in the timezone America/New_York
System.out.println(df.format(ts));