converting Date to String

[Ian Cockcroft]

Hi all,
I am converting a Date to a String to place in a textField.
How do I do this?
My code so far:

//rs1 is a ResultSet
Date dateOrderDate = rs1.getDate(1);
System.out.println(dateOrderDate);
//works
//neither of theses next 2 lines work
String stringOrderDate = toString(dateOrderDate);
String stringOrderDate = Date.toString
                        + (dateOrderDate);
txtOrderDate.setText(stringOrderDate);

[Mahesh Mamani]

Originally posted by Ian Cockcroft:

//rs1 is a ResultSet
Date dateOrderDate = rs1.getDate(1);
System.out.println(dateOrderDate);
//works
//neither of theses next 2 lines work
String stringOrderDate = toString(dateOrderDate);
String stringOrderDate = Date.toString
                        + (dateOrderDate);
txtOrderDate.setText(stringOrderDate);

Hello,
U try this
String stringOrderDate = dateOrderDate.toString();
Hope this helps...

Mahesh

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Here's the idea:
String stringOrderDate = dateOrderDate.toString();
or

String stringOrderDate = Date.toString() 
                         + dateOrderDate;

Making sense?

[Ian Cockcroft]

100%, thanks guys.
but dont get comfortable, it wont be long before I got some more stuppid questions.
cheers
Ian

[Jamie Robertson]

if you want to format it a certain way (not just the toString() default pattern you can use a SimpleDateFormat:

//read from table:
java.sql.Date sql_date = rs.getDate( "date_column" );
//convert sql date to util date
java.util.Date util_date = new java.util.Date( sql_date.getTime() );
//create the formatted date String for viewing:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy/M/d" );
String formatted_date_string = sdf.format( util_date );
//use the formatted_date_string as you please...

Jamie