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how can i insert current date and time to db

 
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hi,

i use the following code, but the DateTime field at mysql is
2005-04-08 00:00:00

i want to have the time too. where should i change

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// Get the system date and time.
java.util.Date utilDate = new Date();
// Convert it to java.sql.Date
java.sql.Date date = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime());
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PreparedStatement stmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql); stmt.setDate(1, date);
 
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try using java.util.GregorianCalendar
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Even i had the same proble..where the time got converted to 0's...

and date remained fine..

What i did was used util.date for dates instead of sql.date

and while updating the db converted that into string of the format

"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"

And it worked fine for me..

Even though we should have been using sql.date but i could nt get it working..I know it was a turnaround..but

 
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User java.sql.Timestamp instead of java.sql.Date. java.sql.Date does not carry time information (as per the SQL specification!); java.sql.Timestamp does.
 
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Originally posted by Joel McNary:
User java.sql.Timestamp instead of java.sql.Date. java.sql.Date does not carry time information (as per the SQL specification!); java.sql.Timestamp does.


Indeed.

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Actually, depending on the database you're using, you might consider setting up your table so that it uses a timestamp field, or so your date field otherwise has the current date/time as the default value.

Then you don't have to worry about the current date/time in your Java code. You simply insert the new record, either passing a "null", or just not giving it any data for that field. The database engine will automatically use the current date/time when it adds the record.

Although, again, whether you can do this, and how you would do it, all depends on your back-end database.

- Jeff
 
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Moving to JDBC...
 
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You can also insert directly using SQL with SYSDATE
 
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