How to convert time between timezone in Java, Primefaces?

I use the calendar Primefaces component with timeOnly and timeZone attributes for using only hour format (HH:mm). Like this:

 <p:calendar id="xabsOvertimeTimeFrom" pattern="HH:mm" timeOnly="true" value="#{data.dateFrom}" timeZone="#{data.timeZone}"/>

We can convert the value of #{data.dateFrom} from GMT/UTC time zone to local, conversely, from local time zone to GMT/UTC time zone. Here is my functions:

package vn.nvanhuong.timezoneconverter;

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



public class TimeZoneConverter {
 
 /**
  * convert a date with hour format (HH:mm) from local time zone to UTC time zone 
  */
 public static Date convertHourToUTCTimeZone(Date inputDate) throws ParseException {
  if(inputDate == null){
   return null;
  }
  Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
  calendar.setTime(inputDate);
  int hours = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
  int minutes = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
  String dateString = ""+((hours>9)?""+hours:"0"+hours)+":"+((hours>9)?""+minutes:"0"+minutes)+"";
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
  sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
  return sdf.parse(dateString);
 }
 
 /**
  * convert a date with hour format (HH:mm) from UTC time zone to local time zone
  */
 public static Date convertHourFromUTCToLocalTimeZone(Date inputDate) throws ParseException {
  if(inputDate == null){
   return null;
  }
  Date localFromGmt = new Date(inputDate.getTime() - TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(inputDate.getTime()));
  
  Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
  calendar.setTime(localFromGmt);
  int hours = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
  int minutes = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
  String dateString = ""+((hours>9)?""+hours:"0"+hours)+":"+((hours>9)?""+minutes:"0"+minutes)+"";
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
  
  return sdf.parse(dateString);
 }
 
}

And Unit test for them:

package vn.nvanhuong.timezoneconverter.test;

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.Test;

import vn.nvanhuong.timezoneconverter.TimeZoneConverter;

public class TimeZoneConverterTest {

 @Test
 public void testConvertHourToUTCTimeZoneWhenNull() throws ParseException {
  Date inputDate = null;
  Date expected = null;
  Date actual = TimeZoneConverter.convertHourToUTCTimeZone(inputDate); 
  assertEquals(expected,actual);
 }
 
 @Test
 public void testConvertHourToUTCTimeZoneWhenNotNull() throws ParseException {
  SimpleDateFormat isoFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
  Date inputDate = isoFormat.parse("19:21");
  isoFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
  Date expected = isoFormat.parse("19:21");
  Date actual = TimeZoneConverter.convertHourToUTCTimeZone(inputDate); 
  assertEquals(expected,actual);
 }
 
 @Test
 public void testConvertHourToDefaultTimeZoneNull() throws ParseException {
  Date inputDate = null;
  Date expected = null;
  Date actual = TimeZoneConverter.convertHourFromUTCToLocalTimeZone(inputDate); 
  assertEquals(expected,actual);
 }
 
 @Test
 public void testConvertHourToDefaultTimeZoneNotNull() throws ParseException {     
  SimpleDateFormat isoFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
  Date expected = isoFormat.parse("09:21");
  isoFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
  Date inputDate = isoFormat.parse("09:21"); //16:21
  Date actual = TimeZoneConverter.convertHourFromUTCToLocalTimeZone(inputDate);
  assertEquals(expected, actual);  
 }

}

Hope that is useful for everyone! ;)