Class Date

public class Date extends Date

The Date class extends the standard java.util.date class to represent SQL DATE types. It supports the JDBC escape syntax for date values.

Constructors

Date

public Date(int year, int month, int day)

This creates a Date object.

Parameters:

year:	The year minus 1900
month:	0 to 11
day:	1 to 31

Date

public Date(long date)

This creates a Date object using a time value in milliseconds.

Parameters:

date:

The milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT

Methods

toString

public String toString()

This converts a date to YYYY-MM-DD format.

Returns: A formatted date String

valueOf

public static Date valueOf(String s)

This converts a YYYY-MM-DD formatted string to a Date value.

Parameters:

s:

The date in format YYYY-MM-DD

Returns: A Date