Problem converting Date time vanishes

Question

Hi,
I am doing the following
String datstr = coform.getCourseDate();
LamLog.log(this,LamLog.INFO,"Date in insertRow is " + datstr);
LamLog.log(this,LamLog.INFO,"Date in insertRow sdf.parse(datstr) is " + sdf.parse(datstr));
java.sql.Date dt = new java.sql.Date(sdf.parse(datstr).getTime());
LamLog.log(this,LamLog.INFO,"Date after creating in insertRow is " + dt);
dt.setTime(sdf.parse(datstr).getTime());
LamLog.log(this,LamLog.INFO,"Date after conversion in insertRow is " + dt);
but the result I am getting is
Date in insertRow is 04/01/2003 09:30:00
Date in insertRow sdf.parse(datstr) is Tue Apr 01 09:30:00 EST 2003
Date after creating in insertRow is 2003-04-01
Date after conversion in insertRow is 2003-04-01
if you see after converting to sql.Date the time portion of the date vanishes. What is wrong??
Kindly help.
Regards
Rajesh J

Answer 1

But I need sql date to use in my entity beanjava.sql.Date doesn't have a time component. java.sql.Timestamp does. If your bean has been written to use java.sql.Date then obviously it doesn't need the time component.