Different Android dates in emulator and real device

Asked Dec 27 '15 at 11:04

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I'm experiencing a very strange problem with Date objects in Android, when I run the following code I get different dates in the emulator and in the real device. (str1 and str2 come from the following json result json file)

String str1="1450967458";
String str2="1450980000";
Date dstart=new Date((long)Long.parseLong(str1)*1000);
Date dend=new Date((long)Long.parseLong(str2)*1000);
     
Log.i("VILLANUEVA","START:"+dstart.toString());
Log.i("VILLANUEVA","END:"+dend.toString());

Dates in real device:

... I/VILLANUEVA: START:Thu Dec 24 15:30:58 CET 2015

... I/VILLANUEVA: END:Thu Dec 24 19:00:00 CET 2015

Dates in emulator(These are the correct dates)

...I/VILLANUEVA: START:Thu Dec 24 09:30:58 EST 2015

...I/VILLANUEVA: END:Thu Dec 24 13:00:00 EST 2015

It seems to be a difference of 6 hours between the device and the emulator. I've tested with Calendar class and I get the same difference. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Dec 27 '15 at 11:04

Carlos Hernández Gil

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You got different timezones CET(+1) and EST(-5) – aelimill Dec 27 '15 at 11:11
what do i have to do then? – Carlos Hernández Gil Dec 27 '15 at 11:15
I don't know your requirements for the code :) If you want to just have the same time on your device and emulator, set in settings the same timeZone (date&time) – aelimill Dec 27 '15 at 11:25
Thanks for your answer, but that is not a solution, each user of the app could have a different time zone – Carlos Hernández Gil Dec 27 '15 at 11:27
If you need the same time in code (for what reason?) you can instantiate Date and Calendar class with the same TimeZone. Or just use simply use the time since epoch. – aelimill Dec 27 '15 at 11:31
perhaps you are right and there is no point to set the same time zone. Thanks for your answer. – Carlos Hernández Gil Dec 27 '15 at 11:36

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