java.util.Date as parameter in servlet

[Brian Snyder]

I know that request.getParameter("xxx") returns a string. Is there any way to get it to return a java.util.Date???
I would like to get the date from my applet and write it to a database in date format. Maybe I should just write it as a String???
What do you think??? See code from applet to servlet below.
Many thanks!!!

url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/servlet/InsertToDatabase");
 msg = new HttpMessage(url);
props = new Properties();
String queryType = "port_update";
props.put("queryType", queryType);
props.put("update", val);
props.put("date", sqlDate);
   InputStream in = msg.sendGetMessage(props);

code from servlet.....

java.sql.Date  date = (java.sql.Date)req.getParameter("date");

[Bosun Bello]

No. It always returns a string. You just have to try to convert the returned string to a date. There are some methods in the java.text package that you can use.

Bosun

[Brian Snyder]

Thanks for your help Bosun.
My logic was off. I can get the current time within the servlet itself by using the following code:
utilDate = new java.util.Date();
long dd = utilDate.getTime();
sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(dd);

I figured it out right after I posted this question.
Thanks!!!