Is java.util.Date using TimeZone?

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How about some pedantic detail.

java.util.Date is timezone-independent. Says so right in the javadoc.

You want something with respect to a particular timezone? That’s java.util.Calendar.

The tricky part? When you print this stuff (with java.text.DateFormat or a subclass), that involves a Calendar (which involves a timezone). See DateFormat.setTimeZone().

It sure looks (haven’t checked the implementation) like java.util.Date.toString() goes through a DateFormat. So even our (mostly) timezone-independent class gets messed up w/ timezones.

Want to get that timezone stuff out of our pure zoneless Date objects? There’s Date.toGMTString(). Or you can create your own SimpleDateFormatter and use setTimeZone() to control which zone is used yourself.

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