Java: How do you convert a UTC timestamp to local time?

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Date has no timezone and internally stores in UTC. Only when a date is formatted is the timezone correction applies. When using a DateFormat, it defaults to the timezone of the JVM it’s running in. Use setTimeZone to change it as necessary.

DateFormat utcFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
utcFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

Date date = utcFormat.parse("2012-08-15T22:56:02.038Z");

DateFormat pstFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS");
pstFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));

System.out.println(pstFormat.format(date));

This prints 2012-08-15T15:56:02.038

Note that I left out the 'Z' in the PST format as it indicates UTC. If you just went with Z then the output would be 2012-08-15T15:56:02.038-0700

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