Question

I'm a beginner java programmer, and my teacher was absent recently. The sub taught us nothing. I am currently working on time zones / converting GMT to other time zones. If you're novice / advanced at Java programming language I would love some assistance : )

Answer 1

What part is giving you issues? How computers handle time is a large subject.

Answer 2

try {
DateFormat gmtFormat = new SimpleDateFormat();
TimeZone estTime = TimeZone.getTimeZone("EST");
gmtFormat.setTimeZone(estTime);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
System.out.println("EST Time: " +gmtFormat.format(sdf.parse("20140508063630")));
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}


should be something like this

code is fairly self explanatory but if you need me to explain just ask and i will