Default JDBC date format when reading date as a string from ResultSet

Question

I\'m looking at some code that basically does the following:

ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();
String myDateStr = rs.getString(\"MY_DATE\"); //field is of ty         


        

Answer 1

If the field is of type Date, then read it as a java.sql.Date and do whatever conversion you need after that. Otherwise you're at the mercy of the database implementation.