Help!!!!! proble with time zone

Question

Hi!
I�m traying to convert from the time zone that uses in USA to the time we use in Mexico, the diferences it's about 6 hours les, but when I compile the program it returns:
has protected access in java.util.Calendar
and I don't Know what�s wrong in the program, so, please, can somebody help me and show me the way it has to do it
thanks
Lis

Answer 1

I would use the DateFormat object for your specific locale and time zone.
For example:Date date = // the Date object
Locale locale = // your mexican locale object
DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
              DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG, locale);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(yourTimezoneID));
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date));If you don't know how to get the locale or time zone you need, the Locale and TimeZone objects contain a list of the available locales and the available TimeZone ids respectively. From these, you can list all possible TimeZone and Locale objects and decide which one is right for your application. If you are physically located in Mexico, your Locale and TimeZone may already be set up properly using Locale.getDefault() and TimeZone.getDefault();
i.e.Locale[] availableLocales = Locale.getAvailableLocales();
String[] availableTimeZoneIds = TimeZone.getAvailableIds();