Thread: Java Calendar printing wrong Time Zone?

Hey guys,

I am trying to create a simple java program that prints out the date that was submitted. I started playing around and noticed that the Calendar class prints exactly what I want. However. my program has to be printed showing GMT time.

My output has to be in the following format:

The date you entered is: Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 GMT 2003

However, no matter how much I set the time zone to GMT, the program still outputs this:

Thu Aug 29 03:04:01 BOT 2013

I dont understand why it prints BOT, when even the debugger shows me that the variable has a time zone of GMT. Here is my code:

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 
public class DatePrinter 
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		TimeZone time = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
		//Date cal = Calendar.getInstance(time).getTime();
 
		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
		System.out.println(cal.getTime());
	}
}

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

What input has been given?

would you share codes on the input part as i would like to try learning this one too.

@malayo: the code posted is sufficient, no other inputs are required. You should study that code, read the Calendar and Date APIs, and follow a tutorial on Calendar/Date/time to better understand.