I want to convert a ZonedDateTime
to a String
in the format of ("dd/MM/yyyy - hh:mm")
. I know this is possible in Joda-Time other types, just using their toString("dd/MM/yyyy - hh:mm")
....But this doesn't work with ZonedDateTime.toString()
.
ZonedDateTime
to a String
?EDIT:
I tried to print the time in another timezone and the result appears to be the same always:
ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now();
ZoneId la = ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles");
ZonedDateTime date2 = date.of(date.toLocalDateTime(), la);
// 24/02/2017 - 04:53
System.out.println(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy - hh:mm").format(date));
// same result as the previous one
// 24/02/2017 - 04:53
System.out.println(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy - hh:mm").format(date2));
And I am not in the same timezone as Los Angeles.
EDIT 2:
Found how to change the timezones:
// Change this:
ZonedDateTime date2 = date.of(date.toLocalDateTime(), la); // incorrect!
// To this:
ZonedDateTime date2 = date.withZoneSameInstant(la);
You can use java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html
Here there is an example
ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now();
System.out.println(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy - hh:mm").format(date));