MySQL Datetime <-> Java Date

Question

I use Hibernate and I have a datetime in my MySQL database. Now I want to store the date/time which is a java.util.Date into the database.

So I can write:

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
testObject.setCreationDate(df.parse("2010-06-06 13:20:15"));

But how can I set the current date/time? Because this is a data field which should store the creation datetime of this object/table row.

Best Regards.

dplass · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-08 13:51:37Z

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Date date = new java.sql.Date();

will create the date object with the current date/time.

answered Jun 8, 2010 at 13:51

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They're using java.util.Date instead, but it works the same way.