#149 wrong date conversion in constructor Date(java.util.Date

[Ana]

Hi,

I just found out something strange that I think is a bug.
When I use the constructor method public Date(java.util.Date date) (under the package net.fortuna.ical4j.model), the date created is wrong.

For example, see my code:

String zFEC_FIN = "2012-05-17 00:00:00";
String zFEC_INICIO = "2012-05-17 00:00:00";

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
java.util.Date startDate = formatter.parse(zFEC_INICIO.substring(0, zFEC_INICIO.indexOf(" ")));
java.util.Date finishDate = formatter.parse(zFEC_FIN.substring(0, zFEC_FIN.indexOf(" ")));

System.out.println("java.util.date start: "+startDate + " finish: "+finishDate);
System.out.println("iCal4j start: "+new Date(startDate) + " finish: "+new Date(finishDate));

The screen output is as follows:

java.util.date start: Thu May 17 00:00:00 CEST 2012 finish: Thu May 17 00:00:00 CEST 2012
iCal4j start: 20120516 finish: 20120516

So the constructor is basically substracting one day in the conversion process.
I thought you would want to know :)

Also, I would like to thank you for your effort since the iCal4j library has been very useful to me. Keep up the good work!

Best regards,
Ana

[Ben Fortuna]

Hi,

I think this is because, by default, ical4j creates dates in GMT timezone. So midnight CEST on May 17, I am guessing, is still May 16 in GMT.

You can have dates use the local default timezone if you prefer, by setting the following property in your ical4j.properties file:

net.fortuna.ical4j.timezone.date.floating=true

regards,
ben

[Ana]

Hi ben,

thanks for your answer. Yes, you are right... setting that property to true solved it.

Is there any way to set that property to true programatically?

Thanks!!

[Ben Fortuna]

Hi Ana,

Sorry I didn't see your last comment. You can also set this flag via a system property (i.e. System.setProperty("net.fortuna.ical4j.timezone.date.floating", "true") )

regards,
ben