title: Java TimeZone Conversion producing opposite results.
body: <p>Here is the sample I am using. </p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.util.*;
  import java.text.*;
  
  public class TimeZoneTest
  {
  
  public static final String UTC_ZONE = "UTC";
  static String utcDateString = "01/11/2016 11:00:00";
  
  public static void main (String [] args)
  {
      DateFormat df;
  
      try{
  
          df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
          System.out.println("Original Date : " + utcDateString);
          df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
          Date date = df.parse(utcDateString);
          System.out.println("     In its Date format : " + date.toString());
          System.out.println("     In its GMT format : " + date.toGMTString());
          System.out.println("     In its Local format : " + date.toLocaleString());
      }
      catch (ParseException ex)
      {
          System.out.println("Exception!!!!");
      }
  
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the output produced. </p>
  
  <pre><code>Original Date : 01/11/2016 11:00:00
       In its Date format : Mon Jan 11 06:00:00 EST 2016
       In its GMT format : 11 Jan 2016 11:00:00 GMT
       In its Local format : Jan 11, 2016 6:00:00 AM
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When using the time 11:00:00 and setting the TimeZone to UTC, I was expecting that the 11:00:00 which is my local time (Eastern) representation would then be converted to UTC which would produce 16:00:00.</p>
  
  <p>Instead, it seems to take the string value 11:00:00 and process it as the UTC time instead of local time and return back my local time which is 06:00:00. </p>
  
  <p>Is this the expected results?
  When you set the timezone, is it supposed to convert the time being parsed (11:00:00 ) to that timezone and produce (16:00:00)?
  OR
  When you set the timezone, is it supposed to treat the time being parsed (11:00:00 ) as though it was in that timezone and return the local time (06:00:00)?</p>