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snippet to convert date/time in any timezone to EST
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public static Calendar convertTimeToEST(long timeInMillSec) { | |
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); | |
TimeZone tz = cal.getTimeZone(); | |
cal.setTimeInMillis(timeInMillSec); | |
TimeZone estTz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York"); | |
Calendar estCal = Calendar.getInstance(estTz); | |
estCal.setTimeInMillis(timeInMillSec); | |
int tzOffset = tz.getOffset(cal.getTime().getTime()); | |
int estTzOffset = estTz.getOffset(estCal.getTime().getTime()); | |
estCal.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, (Math.abs(tzOffset) - Math.abs(estTzOffset))); | |
return estCal; | |
} |
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