I don't know what is the purpose of.....

[Elahe Shafie]

Dear Friends,
What is the Purpose of these two lines:
...
long l = Date.parse( strWork );
dateWork = new Date(l);
Many thanks,
Elham

[Mahesh Mamani]

Hi,
I think u r trying to convert a String into Date format. For this, the code which u have posted first converts the string into long and then this long is passed to Date constructor.
If u look at the API, then u can c that the Date(String s) constructor is deprecated.
" Date(String s)
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by DateFormat.parse(String s)."

So, pls use DateFormat.parse(String s) for your intended purpose.
Thanks

Mahesh

[David O'Meara]

This question isn't JDBC-specific, so I'm moving it to the Java in General (beginner) forum.

[Elahe Shafie]

Sure many thanks for your help.