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Convert milliseconds to timestamp with UTC

I'm trying to convert milliseconds to Timestamp with timezone UTC but it doesn't work as is expected because it convert to my localdatetime.
I have tried following. While debugging the code I have found that when execute this: new DateTime(eventDate) it is working properly because it's value is 10:34:18.721 but later new Timestamp() change it to localdatetime.
long eventDate = 1566297258721L;
DateTimeZone.setDefault(DateTimeZone.UTC);
Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(new DateTime(eventDate).getMillis());
I expect to output as:2019-08-20 10:34:18.721 but actual output is: 2019-08-20 12:34:18.721

You can use java.time package of Java 8 and later:
ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime = Instant.ofEpochMilli(1566817891743L).atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);

I don't understand why you are creating a new DateTime and then get the milliseconds from there, if you already have the milliseconds in the beginning.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your problem. The milliseconds have nothing to do with the timezone. The timezone is used to compare the same moment in 2 different places and get the respective date. Here are my solutions
If you want a timestamp from milliseconds:
long eventDate = 1566297258721L;
Timestamp time=new Timestamp(eventDate);
System.out.println(time);
The result would be 2019-08-20 10:34:18.721 , also the wished SQL format
If you want to convert a moment from a Timezone to another:
You will get the moment in your actual timezone and transform it in a different one in order to see e.g. what time it was in an other country
long eventDate = 1566297258721L;
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(eventDate);
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime());
I hope those snippets could be useful. Happy Programming!

You can try the following,
long eventDate = 1566297258721L;
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US);
simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
String stringDate = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date(eventDate));
System.out.println(stringDate);
It gives me the following output.
2019-08-20 10:34:18 UTC

SimpleDateFormat sets current day for parsed date

Is there any way to use the following simpleDateFormat:
final SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormatHour = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss z");
and when invoking:
simpleDateFormat.parse("12:32:21 JST");
to return current date on the Date object?
For these example, it will return:
Thu Jan 01 05:32:21 EET 1970
and not:
<<today>> 05:32:21 EET <<currentYear>>
as I need.

No, SimpleDateFormat needs explicity the date in the input string. If you're using Java 8, you can go with a LocalDateTime:
LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDate.now().atTime(5, 32, 21);
If you want to include a time-zone, you can use ZonedDateTime.

Construct another SimpleDateFormat to print today's date:
String today = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").print(new Date());
(Be careful here: you might want to set the time zone on the SimpleDateFormat, as "today" is different in different time zones).
Update the date format to include year, month and day:
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss z");
And then prepend the date string with the date you want:
simpleDateFormat.parse(today + " " + "12:32:21 JST");

A better solution using flexible default values (today instead of 1970-01-01) would be in Java-8 with the new built-in date-time-library located in package java.time:
String input = "12:32:21 JST";
String pattern = "HH:mm:ss z";
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now(ZoneId.of("Asia/Tokyo"));
DateTimeFormatter dtf =
new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseDefaulting(ChronoField.YEAR, today.getYear())
.parseDefaulting(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, today.getMonthValue()).parseDefaulting(
ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH,
today.getDayOfMonth()
).appendPattern(pattern).toFormatter(Locale.ENGLISH);
ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.parse(input, dtf);
System.out.println(zdt); // 2016-12-23T12:32:21+09:00[Asia/Tokyo]
However, I still see a small bug related to the fact that this code makes a hardwired assumption about the used zone BEFORE parsing the real zone so please handle with care. Keep in mind that the current date depends on the zone. But maybe you only need to handle a scenario where just the Japan time is used by users.
Hint: You can also parse in two steps. First step with any kind of fixed default date in order to get the zone information of the text to be parsed. And then you can use this zone information for suggested solution above. An awkward but safe procedure.

You can use this code if you want to change only the year and the day
final SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormatHour = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss z");
Date date = simpleDateFormatHour.parse("12:32:21 JST");
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(date);
calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR));
calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
date = calendar.getTime();

Getting TimeZone instance from a date

With the following code-
Timestamp ts = (Timestamp)results.get(0);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
System.out.println(sdf.format(new Date(ts.getTime())));
I get output as: 04/29/2013 15:08:30 +0530
I wanted to create a TimeZone instance from the timestamp, so tried this-
SimpleDateFormat FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat("Z");
String tzString = FORMATTER.format(ts);
// the tzString comes out to be +0530 (which is correct)
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(tzString);
System.out.println(tz);
But the final TimeZone instance is of GMT as its not able to identify +0530.
So, how can I get a correct TimeZone instance here?

You cannot get a TimeZone from a java.sql.Timestamp because it does not contain one. In your case you are simply getting your default TimeZone. It does not make sense. It is the same as TimeZone.getDefault();

Use a lowercase z in your pattern. That should return "GMT+0530", which will work.

Instead of using a SimpleDateFormat, you can simply do this:-
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(new Date(ts.getTime()));
TimeZone tz = cal.getTimeZone();
System.out.println(tz);

I tried this code below:
Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
Then to get the TimeZone instance from the timestamp, I did this:
SimpleDateFormat FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat("Z");
TimeZone tzone = FORMATTER.getTimeZone();
System.out.println(tzone.getDisplayName());
System.out.println(tzone.getID());
I got:
Central European Time
Europe/Berlin
So I got my timezone which is +0200 instead of GMT.
Hope this is what you want.

Converting Epoch time to date string

I have seen this question asked multiple times and none of the answers seem to be what i need.
I have a long type variable which has an epoch time stored in it.
What i want to do is convert it to a String
for example if the epoch time stored was for today the final string would read:
17/03/2012
How would i to this?

Look into SimpleDateFormat
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
sdf.format(new Date(myTimeAsLong));

You'd create a Date from the long - that's easy:
Date date = new Date(epochTime);
Note that epochTime here ought to be in milliseconds since the epoch - if you've got seconds since the epoch, multiply by 1000.
Then you'd create a SimpleDateFormat specifying the relevant pattern, culture and time zone. For example:
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", Locale.US);
format.setTimeZone(...);
Then use that to format the date to a string:
String text = format.format(date);

Date date = new Date(String);
this is deprecated.
solution
Date date = new Date(1406178443 * 1000L);
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Etc/UTC"));
String formatted = format.format(date);
make sure multiply by 1000L

If the method should be portable, better use the default (local time) TimeZone.getDefault():
String epochToIso8601(long time) {
String format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault());
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
return sdf.format(new Date(time * 1000));
}

try this
Date date = new Date(1476126532838L);
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Etc/UTC"));
String formatted = format.format(date);
format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Colombo"));//your zone
formatted = format.format(date);
System.out.println(formatted);

Joda-Time
If by epoch time you meant a count of milliseconds since first moment of 1970 in UTC, then here is some example code using the Joda-Time library…
DateTimeZone timeZone = DateTimeZone.forID( "Europe/Paris" );
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime( yourMilliseconds, timeZone );
String output = DateTimeFormat.forStyle( "S-" ).withLocale( Locale.CANADA_FRENCH ).print( dateTime );
Other Epochs
That definition of epoch is common because of its use within Unix. But be aware that at least a couple dozen epoch definitions are used by various computer systems.

Time for someone to provide the modern answer (valid and recommended since 2014).
java.time
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter
.ofLocalizedDateTime(FormatStyle.LONG).withLocale(Locale.US);
String facebookTime = "1548410106047";
long fbt = Long.parseLong(facebookTime);
ZonedDateTime dateTime = Instant.ofEpochMilli(fbt).atZone(ZoneId.of("America/Indiana/Knox"));
System.out.println(dateTime.format(formatter));
The output is:
January 25, 2019 at 3:55:06 AM CST
If you wanted only the date and in a shorter format, use for example
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter
.ofLocalizedDate(FormatStyle.SHORT).withLocale(Locale.US);
1/25/19
Note how the snippet allows you to specify time zone, language (locale) and how long or short of a format you want.
Links
Oracle tutorial: Date Time explaining how to use java.time.
My example string was taken from this duplicate question

Try this...
sample Epoch timestamp is 1414492391238
Method:
public static String GetHumanReadableDate(long epochSec, String dateFormatStr) {
Date date = new Date(epochSec * 1000);
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormatStr,
Locale.getDefault());
return format.format(date);
}
Usability:
long timestamp = Long.parseLong(engTime) / 1000;
String engTime_ = GetHumanReadableDate(timestamp, "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss aa");
Result:
28-10-2014 16:03:11 pm

You need to be aware that epoch time in java is in milliseconds, while what you are converting may be in seconds. Ensure that both sides of the conversions are in milliseconds, and then you can fetch the date parameters from the Date object.

ArLiteDTMConv Utility help converting EPOUCH-UNIX Date-Time values, Form EPOUCH-UNIX-To-Date-format and Vise-Versa. You can set the result to a variable and then use the variable in your script or when passing as parameter or introduce in any DB criteria for both Window and Linux. (Download a zip file on this link)

How can I get calendar date and time to as per user timezone

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));
cal.setTime(new Date());
System.out.println("cal:"+cal);
System.out.println("cal.getime:"+cal.getTime());
output are:
cal:java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=1325177592164,areFieldsSet=true,areAllFieldsSet=true,lenient=true,zone=sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id="PST",offset=-28800000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=true,transitions=185,lastRule=java.util.SimpleTimeZone[id=PST,offset=-28800000,dstSavings=3600000,useDaylight=true,startYear=0,startMode=3,startMonth=2,startDay=8,startDayOfWeek=1,startTime=7200000,startTimeMode=0,endMode=3,endMonth=10,endDay=1,endDayOfWeek=1,endTime=7200000,endTimeMode=0]],firstDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=2011,MONTH=11,WEEK_OF_YEAR=53,WEEK_OF_MONTH=5,DAY_OF_MONTH=29,DAY_OF_YEAR=363,DAY_OF_WEEK=5,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH=5,AM_PM=0,HOUR=8,HOUR_OF_DAY=8,MINUTE=53,SECOND=12,MILLISECOND=164,ZONE_OFFSET=-28800000,DST_OFFSET=0]
cal.getime:Thu Dec 29 22:23:12 IST 2011
Problems facing:
While print 'cal' object getting date and time as per time zone.
cal.getTime() not displaying date and time to as per timezone.

You should represent time in UTC (java.util.Date) and then display the time in the local timezone of the user. Use DateFormat and TimeZone to do that. Read this article for more details

Unfortunately Date object always display time in GMT. You need to use something like SimpleDateFormat to display time in formatted timezone.

assign user given time into string variable then create date formatter. then parse the given string using date formatter.
String dateAndTime = "30-12-2011 12:00:00 GMT+5.30"; dateFormate
formate = new SimpleDateFormate("dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss z"); Date date =
formate.parse(dateAndTime );

Date object is Java doesn't store the TimeZone info.
If you do
new Date()
this is the current local time of the machine/jvm.
To print it with the default/local timezone info:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
System.out.println(sdf.format(new Date()));