scope of default TimeZone

[Maitland]

I have a class which contains a Date object and I always want it to
output/format it's dates to reflect UTC time (GMT-0). The only way I
have found to be able to do this is to set the TimeZone.setDefault() to
the timezone I want right before I output or format the date. This
doesn't seem very intuitive, when I set the "default" timezone what
exactly am I setting? If I set it in the constructor of the object it
doesn't seem to apply when I output the date in some of that objects
methods. Is the scope of the default timezone limited to the current
local context?

 

[Thomas Weidenfeller]

I have a class which contains a Date object and I always want it to
output/format it's dates to reflect UTC time (GMT-0).

SimpleDateFormat. You might need to assemble a SimpleTimeZone first, and
use it to set the date format's time zone first.

/Thomas

 

[Angus]

Is the scope of the default timezone limited to the current
local context?

Allow me to suggest the following article:

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2003/jw-1003-time.html

Good Luck,
Avi.