How to convert Calendar to java.sql.Date in Java?

Question

Calendar cal;
String sql = \"INSERT INTO ttable (dt) values (?);\"
//dt is a dateTime field in ttable

PreparedStatement stmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql);

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Answer 1

I found this code works:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ss");    
Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(2013,0,31);
System.out.println(sdf.format(calendar.getTime()));  

you can find the rest in this tutorial:
http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-date-and-calendar-examples/

Answer 2

There is a getTime() method (unsure why it's not called getDate).

Edit: Just realized you need a java.sql.Date. One of the answers which use cal.getTimeInMillis() is what you need.

Answer 3

Did you try cal.getTime()? This gets the date representation.

You might also want to look at the javadoc.

Answer 4

Here is a simple way to convert Calendar values into Date instances.

Calendar C = new GregorianCalendar(1993,9,21);

Date DD = C.getTime();

System.out.println(DD);

Answer 5

Converting is easy, setting date and time is a little tricky. Here's an example:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2000);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 1);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 1);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
stmt.setDate(1, new java.sql.Date(cal.getTimeInMillis()));

Answer 6

stmt.setDate(1, new java.sql.Date(cal.getTime().getTime()));