SimpleDateFormat accomodates for daylight savings?

Question

Does SimpleDateFormat print out the date/time of a particular timezone in its daylight savings time? or always in its standard time?
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm");
formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Australia/Sydney"));
System.out.println(formatter.format(new Date()));I'd like to know that by the time we're in November when daylight savings starts, the code will actually print me the correct daylight savings time, not the standard time.
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Well, you can just try it out, can't you? Try this:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2005);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.NOVEMBER);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 12);
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm");
formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Australia/Sydney"));
System.out.println(formatter.format(cal.getTime()));
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.JUNE);
System.out.println(formatter.format(cal.getTime()));On my system (Windows XP, Java 1.4.2_08) it prints out:
12/11/2005 21:51
12/06/2005 19:51So yes, it automatically takes daylight savings into account.