了解java.util.Date 对象是一个绝对时间点很重要。无法从该对象获取时区。 java.util.Date 后面的 long 值可以解释为以人们通常使用的方式获取日期(日期字符串)。这取决于格式化程序对象使用的时区。
您还可以从日期字符串中获取java.util.Date 对象。结果取决于日历对象用于转换/解析的时区。
这个例子可能会有所帮助:
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class Test {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
Date now = new Date();
printDateForBerlinAndKolkata(now, "Current Time:");
Calendar cal1 = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Berlin"));
Calendar cal2 = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Kolkata"));
cal1.set(2014, 11, 5, 15, 30);
printDateForBerlinAndKolkata(cal1.getTime(), "Gregorian Calendar 2014-12-05 15:30 Timezone for Berlin:");
cal2.set(2014, 11, 5, 15, 30, 0);
printDateForBerlinAndKolkata(cal2.getTime(), "Gregorian Calendar 2014-12-05 15:30 Timezone for Kolkata:");
}
private static void printDateForBerlinAndKolkata(Date now, String headline) {
System.out.println(headline);
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ssZ");
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Berlin"));
System.out.println("Europe/Berlin: " + sdf.format(now));
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Kolkata"));
System.out.println("Asia/Kolkata: " + sdf.format(now));
System.out.println("long value: " + now.getTime());
System.out.println("=============================================\n");
}
}
输出:
Current Time:
---------------------------------------------
Europe/Berlin: 2014 Dez 05 16:35:21+0100
Asia/Kolkata: 2014 Dez 05 21:05:21+0530
long value: 1417793721481
=============================================
Gregorian Calendar 2014-12-05 15:30 Timezone for Berlin:
---------------------------------------------
Europe/Berlin: 2014 Dez 05 15:30:21+0100
Asia/Kolkata: 2014 Dez 05 20:00:21+0530
long value: 1417789821506
=============================================
Gregorian Calendar 2014-12-05 15:30 Timezone for Kolkata:
---------------------------------------------
Europe/Berlin: 2014 Dez 05 11:00:00+0100
Asia/Kolkata: 2014 Dez 05 15:30:00+0530
long value: 1417773600506
=============================================
也许以下链接也很有趣:
Wikipedia Article on Unix Time