Re: java.sql.Timestamp: Bug or...

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Date:
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:37:33 -0700
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Hole wrote:

Hi there,

I've noticed some strange problems in my app...after few hours of
debugging I found out that problems are in java.sql.Timestamp...


Like Lew and Patricia, I'm thinking "daylight savings time" is messing
you up. However, I can't duplicate your issue here. A complete SSCCE
would be appreciated. Also, what is your time zone? And lastly please
look up some downloads from Sun for correcting time zone information,
it's a pain to keep all of it straight and you might have a buggy
install if you haven't updated recently. (You'll have to Google for the
updates, I don't have links handy.)

Here's my full example and output.

package test;

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

/**
  *
  * @author Brenden
  */
public class TimeStampTest
{

    static String testStrings[] =
    {
       "2009-03-29 01:45:00",
       "2009-03-29 02:00:00",
       "2009-03-29 02:15:00",
       "2009-03-29 02:30:00",
       "2009-03-29 02:45:00",
       "2009-03-29 03:00:00",
    };

    public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
    {
       for( String test : testStrings ) {
          System.out.println( "Original: "+test );
          System.out.println( "Timestamp: "+ toSqlTimestamp( test,
                  "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" ) );
       }
    }

    public static Timestamp toSqlTimestamp( String date, String fmt )
            throws
            ParseException, Exception
    {
       Timestamp res = null;
       try
       {
          SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat( fmt );
          res = new Timestamp( f.parse( date ).getTime() );
       } catch( ParseException pexc )
       {
          throw pexc;
       } catch( Exception exc )
       {
          throw exc;
       }
       return res;
    }
}

run:
Original: 2009-03-29 01:45:00
Timestamp: 2009-03-29 01:45:00.0
Original: 2009-03-29 02:00:00
Timestamp: 2009-03-29 02:00:00.0
Original: 2009-03-29 02:15:00
Timestamp: 2009-03-29 02:15:00.0
Original: 2009-03-29 02:30:00
Timestamp: 2009-03-29 02:30:00.0
Original: 2009-03-29 02:45:00
Timestamp: 2009-03-29 02:45:00.0
Original: 2009-03-29 03:00:00
Timestamp: 2009-03-29 03:00:00.0
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)

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