Calendar.getTime()

[Himalay Majumdar]

Please see the code below..

       

        // FYI...interface AccountMemoType extends org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject

	AccountMemoType[] memoTypes = response.getAccountMemosArray();
        if (memoTypes != null && memoTypes.length > 0) {

            List<AccountMemo> memoList = new ArrayList<AccountMemo>();
            for (AccountMemoType memoType : memoTypes) {
                AccountMemo memo = new AccountMemo();
                memo.setCustomerAccountId(accountId);
                memo.setMemoDate(memoType.getMemoDate().getTime());
                memoList.add(memo);
            }

            return memoList;

        } 

In a particular iteration @line 12

I watch ..
memoType.getMemoDate() evaluatesTo 2009-12-23Z
but memoType.getMemoDate().getTime() evaluatesTo Tue Dec 22 19:00:00 EST 2009 (going to the previous date)

Any idea why is this happening, any workaround.

Thank you
-Himalay

[Bupjae Lee]

"2009-12-23Z" actually means "Wed Dec 23 00:00:00 GMT 2009"

GMT stands for "Greenwich Mean Time", the worldwide standard time
EST stands for "Eastern Standard Time", (probably) your local time.
EST is 5 hours behind GMT (without daylight saving time)

The conclusion is that "2009-12-23Z" and "Tue Dec 22 19:00:00 EST 2009" represents same moment

It seems that the time zone of your java.util.Calendar instance is not set properly.

[Himalay Majumdar]

Thanks for taking your time on this Bupjae, I figured this out on the same day after decoding the mystery behind the Z..
All I need to know now is if the setting of the time is done before we consume the web service. Thanks again.