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

Your problem is Time Zone values ("GMT").
You need to introduce this manipulation in your JDBC fetching method as follows:

Calendar gmt = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
PreparedStatement stmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
stmt.setDate(1, new Date(0)); // I assume this is always GMT
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
rs.next();

//This will output 0 as expected
System.out.println(rs.getDate(1, gmt).getTime());