Hello,

I'm a bit confused about Date. In the example below, I get the present
Date, format it to Strings using DateFormaters, reparse the String using
the _same_ DateFormater and recombine them by adding.

The ouput is not the same as the input. Why?

In my locale it outputs:
Before: 23.10.07 19:16:49
After: 23.10.07 18:16:49

Thanks Phil

-- SSCCE --

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;

public class TimeTest {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
    DateFormat tf = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
    DateFormat dtf =
DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT,DateFormat.MEDIUM);

    // getting actual time
    Date now = new Date();

    System.out.println("Before: "+ dtf.format(now));

    // separating in date and time strings
    String dateString = df.format(now);
    String timeString = tf.format(now);

    Date date = null;
    Date time = null;
    try {
      // parsing date and time strings
      date = df.parse(dateString);
      time = tf.parse(timeString);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    // recombining date and time
    Date after = new Date(date.getTime() + time.getTime());

    System.out.println("After: "+ dtf.format(after));
  }

}