Setting new Date() in a JPQL field

Question

I have written a system where dynamic query is created on-the-fly using a query criteria builder class. Now when a date is passed in.
     * set the value to be used as an equal to search for createDate
     * @param Date - createDate
    public void setCreateDate(Date createDate)
        setParameter(CREATE_DATE, new Date());
    }Now, the problem is the query created is something like
p.createDate = Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 PST 2007and this stuff throws an IllegalArgumetException while creating the query because of the Fri token.
My question is how else do I set a date object into JPQL without causing this exception.
Michael

Answer 1

I have discovered my first mistake. I was using my criteria class to build a JPQL. using a StringBuffer to concatenate the fields and their values. The problem with dates is that on appending the a toString() is generated for the date object and that String is the cause of the IllegalArgumentException when the query is created.
So, I am looking for a way get the Date object in place instead of its toString()
Thanks