Java convert millisecond timestamp to date with respect to given timezone

Question

I have seen many resources on this but one thing I cant get is when converting the millisecond timestamp, how I add a corresponding time zone, during the conversion process.

Answer 1

Not exactly what your looking for but close

String timeZone = "America/Los_Angeles"
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZone);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEEE MMMMM d hh:mm a");
sdf.setTimeZone(tz);

Date localizedTime = sdf.format(new Date());

If you keep the localization strings instead of the offsets this will work. Or you can make a map.