Mirth Javascript function to convert the time zone from UTC to EST

Please use the below function in the code template or inside the transformer of your convenience to convert the time zone from UTC to USA (Eastern Specific) time zone.

function convertToEST(inputDateString) {
// Define the input and output date formats
var inputFormat = new Packages.java.text.SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”);
var outputFormat = new Packages.java.text.SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”);

// Set the input format’s timezone to UTC (assuming input is in UTC)
inputFormat.setTimeZone(Packages.java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone(“UTC”));

// Set the output format’s timezone to EST
outputFormat.setTimeZone(Packages.java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone(“EST”));

// Parse the input date string
var inputDate = inputFormat.parse(inputDateString);

// Format the date to EST
var estDateString = outputFormat.format(inputDate);

return estDateString;
}