How to change TIMEZONE for a java.util.Calendar/Date

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In Java, Dates are internally represented in UTC milliseconds since the epoch (so timezones are not taken into account, that’s why you get the same results, as getTime() gives you the mentioned milliseconds).
In your solution:

Calendar cSchedStartCal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
long gmtTime = cSchedStartCal.getTime().getTime();

long timezoneAlteredTime = gmtTime + TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Calcutta").getRawOffset();
Calendar cSchedStartCal1 = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Calcutta"));
cSchedStartCal1.setTimeInMillis(timezoneAlteredTime);

you just add the offset from GMT to the specified timezone (“Asia/Calcutta” in your example) in milliseconds, so this should work fine.

Another possible solution would be to utilise the static fields of the Calendar class:

//instantiates a calendar using the current time in the specified timezone
Calendar cSchedStartCal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
//change the timezone
cSchedStartCal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Calcutta"));
//get the current hour of the day in the new timezone
cSchedStartCal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

Refer to stackoverflow.com/questions/7695859/ for a more in-depth explanation.

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