Calling Stored Procedure with a DATE input parameter

Question

Hi. A question about Date input parameters when calling a stored procedure...
I have a procedure that takes a DATE parameter as input. I would like that DATE value to include a Time element.
My Application Module method takes an input parameter as java.util.Date (myParamDate) - which will preserve a time element(?).
However when I create the CallableStatement, I'm trying to set the parameter using setDate like this (for param 5):
            st = getDBTransaction().createCallableStatement("begin cs_my_pck.request_values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?); end;", 0);           
            Connection myConn = st.getConnection();
            ArrayDescriptor myArrDesc  =  ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("CS_FIELD_TABT", myConn);
            Array sqlParamNameArray = new oracle.sql.ARRAY(myArrDesc, myConn, paramNames.toArray());
            Array sqlParamValueArray = new oracle.sql.ARRAY(myArrDesc, myConn, paramValues.toArray());
            Array sqlFilterNameArray = new oracle.sql.ARRAY(myArrDesc,myConn,filterNames.toArray());
            st.setString(1, repType);
            st.setObject(2, sqlParamNameArray);
            st.setObject(3,sqlParamValueArray);
            st.setObject(4,sqlFilterNameArray);
            java.sql.Date myRepDate = new java.sql.Date(myParamDate.getTime());
            st.setDate(5,myRepDate);
            System.out.println("Report Date = " + myRepDate.toString());
            st.setString(6,repUser);
            st.setString(7,repAttach);
            // set out param
            st.registerOutParameter(8, Types.NUMERIC);
            st.execute();I understand java.sql.Date does NOT include a Time element. But setDate() accepts only a java.sql.Date so my procedure parameter ends up with a zero time element.
How do I call this procedure retaining the Time element?
Thanks.

Answer 1

It includes time element, if you want more precision go with timestamp.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/Date.html