How can I set a Calendar with UTC time?

Question

The posters here say that Date is always in UTC time. However, if I create a Date(), create a Calendar, and set the calendar time with the date, the time remains my local time (

Answer 1

java.util.Calendar has a static factory method which takes a timezone.

Calendar.getInstance(java.util.TimeZone)

So you can say:

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));