datetime - Java Joda time Daylight savings time -
i having difficulty using jodatime handle daylight savings time. string time = "3:45-pm"; datetimeformatter formatter = datetimeformat.forpattern("kk:mm-a"); datetime dt = formatter.parsedatetime(time).withzone(datetimezone.forid("america/new_york")); dt = dt.todatetime(datetimezone.utc); startdate = startdate.withhourofday(dt.gethourofday()).withminuteofhour(dt.getminuteofhour()); output code snippet ends being: 2015-04-08 16:46:51.952 info 12244 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] values pulled : 03:45-pm 2015-04-08 16:46:51.952 info 12244 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] values pulled : 08:45-pm currently, time 5 hours off. not handling daylights saving time. how joda time take dls account? this happens because datetime object after parsing set date 01-01-1970 . looks expect set today, isn't. if want time interpreted 3:45 pm today in timezone america/new_york , this: string time = "3:45-...