Incompatible Types... NOT!

Question

Why am I getting incompatible types in this method?
C:\jdk1.3\src\CalcBusinessDays.java:53: incompatible types
found : java.util.Date
required: Date
          Date covDate = sdf.parse(dt, pos);^ <-- carat is at end of line
     public Date dateConvert(String dt) {
          SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
          ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
          Date covDate = sdf.parse(dt, pos);
          return covDate;
     }     //dateConvert
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Actually I'm in Hartford, CT, where NJ sends its rain! I used to live in Staten Island which is close to NJ as you know. Also worked in Parsippany for a while.
I think "Date" needs to be changed to "java.util.Date" in three places. See comments below where changes are marked. I could not compile or test because I don't have Domino / Notes.
By the way, in case you get similar problems with another class (Calendar?), I believe that the lotus.domino classes are AgentBase, AgentContext, Session and DateTime. The others should be standard Java classes. Good Luck.
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.math.*;
import lotus.domino.*;
public class CalcBusinessDays extends AgentBase {
    public void NotesMain() {
        DateTime startTime = null, endTime = null;
        String startTimeStr, endTimeStr, result;
        try {
            Session session = getSession();
            AgentContext agentContext = session.getAgentContext();
            startTimeStr = "04/12/2000";
            endTimeStr = "05/04/2000";
            startTime = session.createDateTime(startTimeStr);
            endTime = session.createDateTime(endTimeStr);
            result = diffInWeekdays(startTime, endTime, startTimeStr,
            endTimeStr);
            System.out.println("Result = " + result);
        } catch(Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
    } //NotesMain
    public String diffInWeekdays(DateTime startTime, DateTime endTime, String startTimeStr, String endTimeStr) {
        String res = "";
        try {
            Date firstDate = null, secondDate = null;
            int diffInt = endTime.timeDifference(startTime);
            int diffIntDays = (diffInt / 86400 + 1);
            BigInteger sev = BigInteger.valueOf(7);
            BigInteger minusTwo = BigInteger.valueOf(-2);
            BigInteger bis = BigInteger.valueOf(getWeekday(firstDate = dateConvert(startTimeStr)));
            BigInteger bie = BigInteger.valueOf(getWeekday(secondDate = dateConvert(endTimeStr)));
            int strtDay = bis.mod(sev).intValue();
            int endDay = bie.mod(sev).intValue();
            int max = minusTwo.max(BigInteger.valueOf(strtDay * -1)).intValue();
            int min = BigInteger.valueOf(1).min(bie.mod(sev)).intValue();
            int result = (diffIntDays - endDay + strtDay - 8) * 5 / 7 - max - min + 5 - strtDay + endDay;
            //o.println("result =\t" + result);
            res = Integer.toString(result);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        return res;
    } //diffInWeekdays
    public java.util.Date dateConvert(String dt) {          // *** changed
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
        ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
        java.util.Date covDate = sdf.parse(dt, pos);       // *** changed
        return covDate;
    } //dateConvert
    public int getWeekday(java.util.Date cdt) {            // *** changed
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(cdt);
        return cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
    } //getWeekday
} //CalcBusinessDays