Thanks for your reply. Based on your input I ended up using the
following:
<%
// Create a calendar to work with.
GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar(Locale.US);
// Create a timezone object to set ont eh calendar.
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Chicago");
// Set the timezone.
gc.setTimeZone(tz);
// Set the date.
gc.setTime(new Date());
// Format the date
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, yyyy
hh:mm:ss a z");
// Give the date format a calendar to work with.
sdf.setCalendar(gc);
// Create a string out of the date for display on the page.
String sDate = sdf.format(sdf.getCalendar().getTime());
%>
Works good! Thanks again for your help. =)
On Aug 8, 3:30 am, Ian Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Correction:
>
> I use the following:
>
> Date dtDateTime = new Date(); // Or whatever else it is to be
>
> GregorianCalendar gcUK = new GregorianCalendar(Locale.UK);
> TimeZone tzUK = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/London");
> gcUK.setTimeZone(tzUK);
> gcUK.setTime(dtDateTime);
>
> DateFormat dfUK =
> SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM,
> SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.UK);
> dfUK.setCalendar(gcUK);
> String sDate = dfUK.format(dtDateTime);
>
> I cannot remember now why I repeat "dtDateTime", but it works for me.
>
> On Aug 7, 8:28 am, Ian Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > The UTC time is the same everywhere at the same time.
>
> > The trick is to format the date-time for a time zone.
>
> > I use the following:
>
> > GregorianCalendar gcUK = new GregorianCalendar(Locale.UK);
> > TimeZone tzUK = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/London");
> > gcUK.setTimeZone(tzUK);
> > gcUK.setTime(new Date());
>
> > DateFormat dfUK =
> > SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM,
> > SimpleDateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.UK);
> > dfUK.setCalendar(gcUK);
> > String sDate = dfUK.format(dtDateTime);
>
> > Choose your own locale and time zone. Enjoy?
>
> > On Aug 6, 5:38 pm, Stephen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > If I run :
>
> > > Date now = new Date();
> > > System.out.println(now);
>
> > > from the main method of a plain java class I get :
> > > Fri Aug 06 11:33:00 CDT 2010 as expected.
>
> > > If I run that same code in a JSP app engine gives me :
> > > Fri Aug 06 11:33:00 UTC 2010
>
> > > Run that same JSP on tomcat and again I get :
> > > Fri Aug 06 11:33:00 CDT 2010 as expected.
>
> > > Even if I try to set the timezone manually I still get UTC from a JSP
> > > hosted by app engine.
> > > Any ideas what is going on here?
>
> > > Thanks in advance.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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