Convert Date
to GMT
In this section, you will learn to convert a date
into the GMT format. The GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time.
Description of program:
This example helps you in converting a date into the GMT
on the console. The SimpleDateFormat() constructor uses the given pattern
and date format symbols. Here we use the date format is "yyyy-MM-dd
HH:mm:ss" so, it takes you in this format. And it passes in the parse()
method that invokes with SimpleDateFormat object and provides a date in
the GMT format.
Here is the code of program:
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class DateToGMT {
public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
java.text.SimpleDateFormat format = new
SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
java.util.Calendar cal = Calendar.
getInstance(new SimpleTimeZone(0, "GMT"));
format.setCalendar(cal);
java.util.Date date = format.parse("2003-01-25 00:15:30");
System.out.println(date);
}
}
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Output of this program:
C:\date>javac DateToGMT.java
C:\date>java DateToGMT
Thu Jan 25 00:15:30 GMT 2007
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