java - SimpleDateFormat.parse() converts DTstring to local time. Can be converted to source's time? -

i have followed so answer datetime conversion of 8601.

i cite example straight w3 :

1994-11-05t08:15:30-05:00 corresponds november 5, 1994, 8:15:30 am, eastern standard time.  1994-11-05t13:15:30z corresponds same instant. 

and run in android

simpledateformat sdfsource = new simpledateformat("yyyy-mm-dd't'hh:mm:sszzzzz"); datetime = sdfsource.parse("2014-03-06t11:30:00-05:00"); system.out.println(datetime); //thu mar 06 18:30:00 eet 2014 

obviously .parse()'s output local aware datetime. there has been conversion est(-05:00) eet (+02:00) since in timezone. not want auto-convertion.

is there way parse datetime string inyyyy-mm-dd't'hh:mm:sszzzzz format , display that timezone's datetime? preferable output:

thu mar 06 11:30:00 est 2014 

the est , location example. can other timezones well.

internally date objects in utc , that's they're parsed to.

you cannot retrieve original timezone date can attempt retrieve original iso-8601 stamp, , use when formatting.

when convert string tostring(), uses local settings format date. if want specific representation, use formatter format output, e.g.

int rawtimezoneoffsetmillis = ...; // retrieve iso-8601 stamp , convert milliseconds timezone tz = new simpletimezone(rawtimezoneoffsetmillis, "name");  dateformat outputformat = dateformat.getdatetimeinstance(); outputformat.settimezone(tz); system.out.println(df.format(datetime)); 

iso-8601 timestamps not parseable simpledateformat. this answer has code work around of limitations.