Regarding Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY

[ravi kanth]

Hi All,

Can you guys help me to resolve the issue.


in Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY i am getting 1 hour less than the actual hour.

here is my code.
Calendar grgCal = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
Date currentDate = new Date();
grgCal.setTimeInMillis(currentDate.getTime());


calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, grgCal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));

int hour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

Please help me to figure out the issue.ASAP

Thanks,
tvnrrk.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Have you allowed for summer time? It is 12.26 here, but GMT is only 11.26.

[Jesper de Jong]

Calendar grgCal = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
Date currentDate = new Date();
grgCal.setTimeInMillis(currentDate.getTime());

Setting the current time on the calendar is not necessary, because it's already set to the current time by default. Also, I wouldn't explicitly create a GregorianCalendar, but use Calendar.getInstance(); instead:

// Gets a calendar set to the current date and time
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

// Make the calendar use the GMT timezone
cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));

And this:

calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, grgCal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));

This line does nothing at all - it sets the hours of the calendar to the value that it's already set to. What was your intention with this?