Java: creating a date object from a string and inserting into MySQL

Question

Anytime I have to handle dates/times in java it makes me sad

I\'m trying to parse a string and turn it into a date object to insert in a preparepared statement. I\'ve b

Answer 1

String to MySQL Date/Time

import java.sql.Date;
import java.sql.Time;

 statement.setDate(4, Date.valueOf("2009-08-26"));
 statement.setTime(5, Time.valueOf("12:04:08"));