Android get Current UTC time

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What is the function to get the current UTC time. I have tried with System.getCurrentTime but i get the current date and time of the device.

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Why not just use ``new Date(System.currentTimeMillis())``? – Hyndrix Jul 01 '18 at 08:36 — Hyndrix, Jul 01 '18 at 08:36

score 124 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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System.currentTimeMillis() does give you the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. The reason you see local times might be because you convert a Date instance to a string before using it. You can use DateFormats to convert Dates to Strings in any timezone:

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getTimeInstance();
df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("gmt"));
String gmtTime = df.format(new Date());

Also see this related question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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I want to user UTC+2 , how can I do tht – Ersin Gülbahar Mar 30 '14 at 21:16
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new Date() will return the current system date! if user changes the time/date it will return wrong values! – Muhammad Babar Oct 23 '14 at 06:19
val c = Calendar.getInstance() c.timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC") c.add(Calendar.HOUR, 2) – Rohit Lalwani Dec 03 '19 at 09:24

Android get Current UTC time

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