Convert Java String to sql.Timestamp

Question

Got a String coming in with this format: YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS.NNNNNN The Timestamp is coming from a DB2 database. I need to parse it into a java.sql.Timestamp and NOT lose a

Answer 1

You could use Timestamp.valueOf(String). The documentation states that it understands timestamps in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.f...], so you might need to change the field separators in your incoming string.

Then again, if you're going to do that then you could just parse it yourself and use the setNanos method to store the microseconds.