How to convert the string containing UTC time such as "193526"(19:35:26) to local time zone?

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I am writing an app about GPS and I have to convert the string of UTC time obtained from NMEA format to local time.

The strings are formatted as "193526" which represents 19:35:26 UTC(GMT).
How can I convert it to local time such as "15:35:26 EDT"?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4216745/java-string-to-date-conversion — Code Whisperer, Mar 26 '15 at 20:31
Working with time/time zones in java has been covered extensively and repeatedly in numerous places. Have you made any attempt to look up any resources that would answer your question? If so, show what you've tried so far. — tnw, Mar 26 '15 at 20:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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EDT TimeZone does not exist in jdk. See the answer here.

You can do the conversion this way:

    SimpleDateFormat formatUTC = new SimpleDateFormat("HHmmss");
    formatUTC.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
    Date date = formatUTC.parse("193526");

    SimpleDateFormat formatEDT = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss z");
    formatEDT.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-04:00"));
    System.out.println(formatEDT.format(date));

15:35:26 GMT-04:00

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Mar 26 '15 at 20:55

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I would be using `EST`, though to accomodate for daylight saving – njzk2 May 26 '16 at 20:22

How to convert the string containing UTC time such as "193526"(19:35:26) to local time zone?

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