Java JDBC: dates consistently two days off

Question

I am using Java JDBC to write a date to SQL server 2008 and then read it back.
The date that is read back is consistently two days earlier than the date that was actuall

Answer 1

Faulty JDBC Driver

It turns out the problem was the MS JDBC driver. I tried every possible combination of date types and date conversions and nothing worked. After a great deal of searching (should have done that first!) I saw a comment on an older SO entry that implied the problem was the version 3 JDBC driver from Microsoft. I got the latest driver, version 4.something, and the problem went away.

Thanks to all that tried to help. Special thanks to you Mike for taking the time to post a solution.

-=beeky