Name: dgC58589 Date: 01/12/98


SimpleDateFormat simple = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm");
System.out.println(simple.getTimeZone().getID());

results in "PST" (I am in CST)
(Review ID: 23044)
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 1998-01-14 Bob Schwenk ###@###.###

import java.lang.* ;
import java.text.* ;
import java.util.* ;
import timeUtilities.* ;

class TestTimeFormat
{
    public TestTimeFormat ()
    {
    }

    public static void main (String args[])
    {
        Time t = new Time (args[0]) ;

        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance() ;

        UTCDate d = t.toDate() ;

        c.set (d.year, d.month-1, d.day, d.hour, d.minute,
                (int) (Math.round (d.second))) ;

        Date javad = c.getTime() ;

        System.out.println ("java Date = " + javad) ;

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat (args[1]) ;

        System.out.println ("formatted Date = " + sdf.format(javad)) ;
    }
}
SAMPLE OUTPUT:
java Date = Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 1998
formatted Date = 1998-01-09-21-00-00