Re: Convert java.util.Date to java.sql.Date
Bumsys@gmail.com wrote:
I convert java.util.Date to java.sql.Date this way:
java.util.Date utilDate = new java.util.Date();
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime());
And then send sqlDate to prepareStatement.
ps.setDate(1, sqlDate).
But I got the date such as dd-mm-yyyy. And I need also take hours,
minutes pm(am).
How can I get the Date "dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm a"?
The Java Date holds its data as milliseconds since epoch - you have the hours,
minutes and seconds down to the millisecond in there already.
If you are asking how to *display* the Date down to the second, then consider
using things like
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html>
or
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html>
If you're asking how to get the database to *store* the date to a certain
resolution, that depends on how you define the column in which you store the
data, which in turn depends on the SQL dialect your DBMS uses. Check the docs
for your DBMS, and if necessary redefine the column to hold the correct
resolution of your data.
The SQL standard defines TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, which is what you need.
Different DBMSes support it differently. (MySQL is completely non-compliant.
Among other things, it doesn't store time zones.)
<http://troels.arvin.dk/db/rdbms/#data_types-date_and_time>
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