String to date problem

[Tim Nachreiner]

I have this class:

public class Person {
    java.sql.Date passwordChangeDate;
}

I can't figure out how to stuff a date from a JTextfield into this element.

String s = passwordChangeTextField.getText();
DateFormat dt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
try {
    Date date = df.parse(s);
    p.setPasswordChangeDate(date);  //this line won't compile because date is of type java.util.Date
} catch (Exception e) {
};

How to I convert date to a date compatible with java.sql.Date?
The larger question is whether passwordChangeDate has the correct data type. Maybe it should have been java.util.Date? I am storing this info in a database. What is the standard way of datatyping date elements that are stored in a database?

[Jeff Verdegan]

So you have an object of one class (call it "A") and you need an object of a different class ("B")? Then you need to look at the ways that exist to create a B object, and then see what you might do with your A object to provide the information needed. (This technique is of general use, not just with dates, hence "A" and "B".)

In the simplest case, java.sql.Date would have a constructor that takes a java.util.Date as an arg. It doesn't however (and I have no idea why not--seems like a stupid design choice to me), but it does have another constructor that you can use.

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