CachingFotmatterTest.java

package ch.qos.logback.core.util;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

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

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class CachingFotmatterTest {

    final static String DATE_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm";

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN);
    TimeZone perthTZ = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Australia/Perth");
    TimeZone utcTZ = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        sdf.setTimeZone(utcTZ);
    }

    @Test
    public void timeZoneIsTakenIntoAccount() throws ParseException {

        CachingDateFormatter cdf = new CachingDateFormatter(DATE_PATTERN);
        TimeZone perthTZ = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Australia/Perth");
        cdf.setTimeZone(perthTZ);

        Date march26_2015_0949_UTC = sdf.parse("2015-03-26T09:49");
        System.out.print(march26_2015_0949_UTC);

        String result = cdf.format(march26_2015_0949_UTC.getTime());
        // AWST (Perth) is 8 hours ahead of UTC
        assertEquals("2015-03-26T17:49", result);
    }
}