Getting the current time using java.sql.Time

Question

I need to set the current time in a database field. I tried the following code (using my logic) to set the current time. But, I end up getting "Jan 1, 1970" in the time field in the database.
Here is the code :
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Java.sql.Time now = java.sql.Time.valueOf(
          cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) + ":" +
          cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + ":" +
          cal.get(Calendar.SECOND));
What should I do to get the current time in the "now" variable? Right now, it ends up in the database as "Jan 1, 1970".
Thanx in advance.

Answer 1

Can you show me the code to do SimpleDateFormat?
Assuming that I use the following skeleton to get the
time value from the database, can you show me the
code for the missing link (so as to display in the
format "hh:mm:ss") ?
java.sql.Time timeFromDb =
obj.getActionTime();
// The above code gets the "time" field from
the database into "timeFromDb"
// Use SimpleDateFormat to display the time
java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new
java.text.SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");
// Now what do I do with "sdf" and
"timeFromDb" ?
// Print out the time value
System.out.printf("Time is : %s\n",
.... );Hi,
I don't know if you want 24h clock or not. This is the pattern for 24h clock.
"HH:mm:ss"
You get the text string by calling sdf.format(timeFromDb)
Kaj