SimpleDateFormat

[Jeeva]

I would like to parse and format date string which i get from database to
extract only the time.

dateTime = "September 22, 2000 2:43 PM EDT"; (from database)
String timeStr = "";
try{
SimpleDateFormat givenFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd,
yyyy hh:mm a zzz");
Date givenDate = givenFormat.parse(dateTime, new ParsePosition(0));
SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a zzz");
timeStr = timeFormat.format(givenDate);
}catch(Exception ex)
{
timeStr = dateTime;
}

This method gives the output as
"11:43 AM PDT"
instead of "2:43 PM EDT"

The parse method returns the date object with reference to my machines date
time setting. But i wanted the time and timezone as such.

Can any one help me to fix this.
Thanks,
Jeeva.

[Trish]

I've just had the same problem with date formats, my times were 8 hours out
due to them being set in Pacific time. To get around this I've just been
using
myDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
Problem is my program needs to be localised and hardcoding "GMT" is not a
solution.

So I'd like to know if you or anyone reading this knows how to reference
your system's timezone son that this can be used instead??

Regards
Trish











"Jeeva" <jvelumani@etrade.com> wrote:
>
>I would like to parse and format date string which i get from database to
>extract only the time.
>
> dateTime = "September 22, 2000 2:43 PM EDT"; (from database)
> String timeStr = "";
> try{
> SimpleDateFormat givenFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd,
>yyyy hh:mm a zzz");
> Date givenDate = givenFormat.parse(dateTime, new ParsePosition(0));
> SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a zzz");
> timeStr = timeFormat.format(givenDate);
> }catch(Exception ex)
> {
> timeStr = dateTime;
> }
>
>This method gives the output as
>"11:43 AM PDT"
>instead of "2:43 PM EDT"
>
>The parse method returns the date object with reference to my machines date
>time setting. But i wanted the time and timezone as such.
>
>Can any one help me to fix this.
>Thanks,
>Jeeva.