java - Joda Time - different between timezones

Question

I want to convert the current time to the time in a specific timezone with Joda time.

Is there a way to convert DateTime time = new DateTime() to a specific timezone, or perhaps to get the number of hours difference between time.getZone() and another DateTimeZone to then do time.minusHours or time.plusHours?

Answer 1

I want to convert the current time to the time in a specific timezone with Joda time.

It's not really clear whether you've already got the current time or not. If you've already got it, you can use withZone:

DateTime zoned = original.withZone(zone);

If you're just fetching the current time, use the appropriate constructor:

DateTime zoned = new DateTime(zone);

or use DateTime.now:

DateTime zoned = DateTime.now(zone);