Conversion from sql date

Question

hi
Am not getting the date in the correct format . Even though teh DB returns me 24-Nov-2008 in java am able to getonly as 0008-11-24
cstmt = this.getConnection().prepareCall("{call scheme_header.p_scheme_dates(?)}");
                    cstmt.registerOutParameter("out_capacity_date", java.sql.Types.DATE);
                    System.out.println("Callalbe stemt " + cstmt);
                    cstmt.execute();
                    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
                    System.out.println("Calendar " + cal);
                    Date dateObj = cstmt.getDate("out_capacity_date");
                    System.out.println("Dateobj " + dateObj);

Answer 1

Annamala wrote:
The things is am not at all gettign the date in correct format from teh DB .Even though the db gives me the corect date when executed with SQL queryI know that. The thing you don't understand, though, is that you use SimpleDateFormat to change that.
Once again, a Date does not have a format. You use SimpleDateFormat to give the String representation (i.e. the human readable print) of the Date a format when you display it.
java.sql.Date date = new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
System.out.println(date);
// will produce 2008-11-18
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy");
System.out.println(sdf.format(date));
// will produce 18 Nov 2008
System.out.println(date);
// will still produce 2008-11-18