Java.sql.Timestamp creation with value -4712.01.01 (oracle min timestamp)

Question

How can I create ajava.sql.Timestamp with the value -4712.01.01?
Trying Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp( -210863523208000l );leads to the date 4713-02-08 00:06:32.0.
Or what is the minimal java.sql.timestamp value in Java?
Edited by: bejq on 17.03.2009 08:56

Answer 1

bejq wrote:
Thanks for your quick answer.
Yes it is 1st January 4712 BC.
Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp( -4712, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 000 );//deprecated Method
System.out.println( timestamp ); // returns 2813-02-01 00:00:00.0
System.out.println( timestamp.getTime() );// returns -150904688400000Thats not what I want.You have lost me then. Unless of course you want to use SimpleDateFormat with an appropriate TZ to parse the date to a java.util.Date and then construct a java.sql.Timestamp from the java.util.Date using the java.util.Date#getTime() method to construct the java.sql.Timestamp .
Edited by: sabre150 on Mar 17, 2009 10:41 AM