How to convert Joda time LocalTime to java.util.Date?

Question

I want to convert Joda LocalTime to java.util.Date and not LocalDate. If this helps, I already have a LocalTime object with me. Obviously, there is no "date" part in LocalTime. So I cannot convert LocalTime to Date directly. Is there a simple way to do this ?

Steps -

LocalTime loct 
LocalDate locd = Todays date + loct
Date da = locd.toDate();

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:06

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Date da = loct.toDateTimeToday().toDate();

answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:06

Ilya

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And don't forget to decide which timezone you want to use, otherwise you could have a lot of fun ocasionally during DST dates. This expression uses JVM default tz. – kan Mar 21 '13 at 09:19
@kan or specific TZ, setted by `DateTimeZone#setDefault(DateTimeZone)` – Ilya Mar 21 '13 at 09:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:06

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Have you tried

locd.withFields(loct).toDate();

answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:06

NilsH

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:22

You can also use this--

Date dtUtil = DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.getDefault()).toDate();

the generic way is -

Date dtUtil = DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.forID("TimeZoneString")).toDate();

where "TimeZoneString"is timeZone id for which you want to get the time.

DateTimeZone.getDefault() will return the local zone of the system.

How to convert Joda time LocalTime to java.util.Date?

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