topic Re: TalendDate.getCurrentDate() change timezone in Talend Studio

TalendDate.getCurrentDate() change timezone

talendstar — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:51:21 GMT

I am using TalendDate.getCurrentDate() in tmap. However it's outputing what looks like GMT or UTC time. Is it possible to convert timezone to US Eastern TIme?

thanks

Re: TalendDate.getCurrentDate() change timezone

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 03:02:31 GMT

Can you show an example of US Eastern time? If EST is 4 hours behind UTC time, you can call TalendDate.addDate(Date date, int nb, String dateType) function to convert the UTC time to EST time.

Regards

Shong

Re: TalendDate.getCurrentDate() change timezone

talendstar — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:13:49 GMT

Currently EST is 4 hours behind. However it can also be 5 hours behind.

EST (Eastern Standard Time) is NEVER the same as UTC-4. That is by definition. The definition of EST is UTC-5. It is always UTC-5.

During Daylight Saving Time (DST, aka “Summer Time”) the majority of the places that use EST will transfer to EDT time (Eastern Daylight Time). By definition EDT is UTC-4; and again, it always will be.

So no, EST in not only not “always 4 hours behind UTC” but it is never 4 hours behind UTC. On the other hand, EDT is always 4 hours behind UTC. Those are simply the definitions of the time zones.

Re: TalendDate.getCurrentDate() change timezone

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 06:25:20 GMT

Can you take a look at this topic, it might be helpful for you.

Regards

Shong