How to set Date object to point to different time zone in java

In the code below I have used calendar object to initialize time Zone to GMT and get the time accordingly but when I put back in date object, its automatically converting to my local time zone i.e. IST. 

Calendar gmt = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
Date dt=gmt.getTime();

Could anyone suggest a way through which I can retain the GMT format in date object also.

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its automatically converting to my local time zone i.e. IST

No it's not. A Date object doesn't have a time zone - it's just an instant in time.

You'll see the system-local time zone if you call toString() on a Date, because that's unfortunately what Date.toString() does... but the time zone is not part of the information stored in a Date.

If you want to see a textual representation of a Date in a particular time zone, use DateFormat and set the time zone that you want to use.

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