SimpleDateFormat does not respect the timezone you used. Try using the
Joda-Time formatting mechanisms instead.
Stephen
2008/10/20 Sachin Shenoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> Check the following code,
>
> void printBirthday(int year, int month, int day, int offset) {
> MutableDateTime birthday = new
> MutableDateTime(DateTimeZone.forOffsetHours(offset));
>
> SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat();
> System.out.print("offset:" + offset + " " +
> format.format(birthday.toDate()));
>
> birthday.addYears(year - birthday.getYear());
> birthday.addMonths(month - birthday.getMonthOfYear());
> birthday.addDays(day - birthday.getDayOfMonth());
>
> System.out.println(" date:" + format.format(birthday.toDateTime()));
> }
>
>
> when I invoke it like this, printBirthday(2008, 10, 20, 14); It prints...
>
> offset:14 2008/10/21 2:40 PM date:10/20/08 2:40 PM
>
> and when I invoke same date with offest 15... printBirthday(2008, 10, 20,
> 15); It prints...
>
> offset:14 2008/10/21 2:40 PM date:10/20/08 2:40 PM
>
> See how the joda converted day is "19th" for offset 15 while with offset 14
> it is "20th" (with the time being the same)? Is this expected? I thought the
> date should be 20th irrespective of the timezone (or at least the time
> should be corrected).
>
> Thanks,
> Sachin
>
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