Timestamp queries

Question

hi -
i have an oracle table with a date(7) field
populated with dates that display as dd-mmm-yy (e.g. 23-OCT-02)
when i attempt to query the database and retrieve the value as a java.sql.Timestamp object it is returned in the following format
2-10-23 00:00:00
If i use the getYear method it returns a -1890 as the year????
All i want to do is query the table for rows between date ranges
Any Ideas? thanks

Answer 1

As getYear is a deprecated method
you can get the range by the following code:
java.util.Calendar cal = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
     cal.set(1970,0,0);
     java.sql.Timestamp afterTimeStamp = new java.sql.Timestamp( cal.getTime().getTime());
     cal.set(1999,0,0);
     java.sql.Timestamp beforeTimeStamp = new java.sql.Timestamp( cal.getTime().getTime());
     if(dbTimeStamp.before(beforeTimeStamp) && dbTimeStamp.after(afterTimeStamp)){
      //doSomething.
     }