Compound date (dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm) from two input fields

Question

Hi,
I need to compound a date field in format dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm from two input fields(date and time field). I was trying a lot but could not get it to work. So right now I'm trying to start it simple but still have a couple of problems.
1.) To start easy I wanted to fill a hardcoded date into my field.
setAttribute(MYDATE, "01.01.2005 12:10");
brings (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException) Timestamp format must be yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fffffffff
2.) setAttributeInternal(MYDATE, "01.01.2005 12:10");
brings JBO-27018: AttrSetValException Cause: The type of attribute value provided as an argument to the set() method for this attribute is not an instance of the Java type that this attribute expects.
3.) The thing that I reall need is something like:
DateFormat sim = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
java.util.Date datum = new java.util.Date();
try
datum = sim.parse("01.01.2005 12:30");
} catch (ParseException e)
setAttributeInternal(MYDATE, datum);
but right now this also ends with the JBO-27018
I also did try different types (timestamp and date) in my entity object and different format masks. Not working at all. All the threads I found are pointing to articles from Steve, which are not available anymore (the links don't work). So any help is appreciated.
Regards, Peter

Answer 1

Thankyou for the hint. I get it to work with
public void whatever
DateFormat simple = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
java.util.Date javaDate = new java.util.Date();
try
javaDate = simple.parse("01.01.2005 12:30");
} catch (ParseException e)
java.sql.Timestamp sqlDate = new java.sql.Timestamp(javaDate.getTime());
oracle.jbo.domain.Date nowDate = new oracle.jbo.domain.Date(sqlDate);
setAttributeInternal(MYDATE, nowDate);
but is there an easier and more 'beautiful' way to do this? Like using a date formatter on oracle.jbo.domain.Date instead using the SimpleDateFormat? btw. did I mention that I'm a Forms and PL/SQL programmer ;-)
Regards, Peter