UTCDate.java

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class UTCDate {

	public static final String Date = "MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss";
//	public static final String DateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS";

	public static Date GetUTCdatetimeAsDate()
	{
		return StringDateToDate(GetUTCdatetimeAsString());
	}
	/**
	 * 
	 * this function to get date time in defined format
	 * @return : String
	 * @return
	 */
	public static String GetUTCdatetimeAsString()
	{
		final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(Date);
		sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
		final String utcTime = sdf.format(new Date());
		return utcTime;
	}

	public static Date StringDateToDate(String StrDate)
	{
		Date dateToReturn = null;
		SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(Date);

		try
		{
			dateToReturn = (Date)dateFormat.parse(StrDate);
		}
		catch (ParseException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return dateToReturn;
	}

	public static String convertDateStringUTCToLocal(String sourceUtcDateTimeString)
	{
		SimpleDateFormat simpleDataFormat = new SimpleDateFormat();
		simpleDataFormat.setTimeZone(getCurrentTimeZone());
		String outputUTCDateTimeString = simpleDataFormat.parse(sourceUtcDateTimeString, new ParsePosition(0)).toString();

		return outputUTCDateTimeString;
	}

	public static TimeZone getCurrentTimeZone()
	{
		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
		TimeZone outputTimeZone = calendar.getTimeZone();

		return outputTimeZone;
	}
}