java.sql.Date formatting

Question

public static void main(String[] args) {
    java.util.Date utilDate = new java.util.Date();
    java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime());
    System.out.println("utilDate:" + utilDate);
    System.out.println("sqlDate:" + sqlDate);
 }

I use this code part and output like this:

2013/06/14 12:06:11
2013-06-14

I want the output which has date and time data. The parameter of method needs java.sql.Date format. that's why I must convert or change format of sqlDate. How can I solve it?

NOTE

PreparedStatement insertStmt=null;
insertStmt.setDate(parIndex, java.sql.Date);

That's why I want java.sql.Date format

Answer 1

java.sql.Date extends java.util.Date so it has the same information but displays it differently because of overridden toString() method.

If you do something like this you will see it is the same

System.out.println(new java.util.Date(sqlDate.getTime()));

It is advised to use DateFormat or SimpleDateFormat to display data, see the comments.

Answer 2

Use time stamp

    Date updated_date=new Date();
    Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(updated_date.getTime());
    updated_date = timestamp;

and make sure Data type in Database should be Timestamp or Datetime