Saving dates in the database

Question

How do I save a date in the database?
My code is as follows:
int year = 2002;
int month = 2;
int day = 3;
java.util.Date sdate = new java.util.Date(year, month, day);
PreparedStatement ps = "INSERT INTO period_table(pe_start) VALUES (?)";
ps.setDate(1, sdate);
ps.executeUpdate();

Answer 1

To insert a Date into a database the best way is to use
the java.sql.Date object instead of the java.util.Date
int year = 2002;
int month = 2;
int day = 3;
java.util.Date sdate = new java.util.Date(year, month, day);
java.sql.Date sqldate = new java.sql.Date(sdate.getTime());
Write the sqldate variable into the database.