[resolved] Convert date time string to date time string in UTC time

[talendbee]

Hi 

I need assistance in converting a non-UTC date time string below
"2016-01-09T09:00:00+10:00"
to string with UTC date time string, for the above string I would need string as one below,
"20160108230000"

Can somebody help please.

Regards
taendbee

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

1. convert your date string into a Date object.
2. Move the timezone by adding the hours needed with TalendDate.addDate(...)  <-- here you can add or subtract hours
3. convert the result date object back into you desired string format with TalendDate.formatDate(...)

[talendbee]

Thank you for reply. I did a test following your steps and I can get what I wanted.