Message Date --> EST?!

I have a message with a date of:

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:50:13 -0400 (EDT)

I to the following:

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Date dd = mailPacket.getSentDate();

SimpleDateFormat formatter =new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");

String formattedDate = formatter.format(dd);

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This gives me:

2006-04-13 17:50:13

Looks like it added the 4 hours from the EDT. I want to have the time (no matter where it is from) converted to EST all the time. SO..this should have remained 13:50:13.

Ideas?

Thanks,

Michael

[627 byte] By [heyblueza] at [2007-10-2 17:36:20]