Setting TimeZone to GMT -12.00

Question

Hi,
I set the TimeZone on my system to GMT -12.00 and the Date/Time is Dec 14 7:53 AM.
When i try to get the Date in my java application using
= new java.util.Date()
or
=Calendar.getInstance().getTime()
Date/Time it shows is Dec 15 7:53 AM. It has added a Day to the actual date on my system. Is this way java does it or is there any other way to get the exact date/time.
Thanks,
Veera

Answer 1

I feel Calendar.getTime() has bug but Sun claims it's a feature.
Use something like this:
    SimpleDateFormat sdt
     = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US);
    sdt.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("US/Central"));
    String now = sdt.format(new Date());
    System.out.println(now);Sun has something to say ...
>
Date.toString() uses the default time zone (i.e., TimeZone.getDefault() value) to format the date. Change its default time zone or use SimpleDateFormat and its setTimeZone() to specify the time zone to be used for formatting.
bug_id=4368909
Calendar.getTime() returns a Date instance which supports only the default TimeZone. Please use DateFormat to specify a TimeZone for displaying a date/time value with the (non-default) TimeZone. (See java.text.DateFormat.setTimeZone documentation)
bug_id=5038920