title: Java.util.Date: try to understand UTC and ET more
body: <p>I live in North Carolina, btw, which is on the East Side. So I compile and run this code and it print out the same thing. The documentation say that java.util.date try to reflect UTC time. </p>
  
  <pre><code>Date utcTime = new Date();
  Date estTime = new Date(utcTime.getTime() + TimeZone.getTimeZone("ET").getRawOffset());
  DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy h:mm a");
  System.out.println("UTC: " + format.format(utcTime));
  System.out.println("ET: " + format.format(estTime));   
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is what I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>UTC: 11/05/11 11:14 AM
  ET: 11/05/11 11:14 AM
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But if I go to this <a href="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl" rel="nofollow noreferrer">website</a> which try to reflect all different time, UTC and ET are different. What did I do wrong here</p>