How do I create a java.sql.Date object in Java?

Using the Constructor

The java.sql.Date represents the date value in JDBC. The constructor of this class accepts a long value representing the desired date and creates respective Date object.

Date(long date)

You can create this object using this constructor.

Example

Live Demo

import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {         String str = "26-09-1989";       SimpleDateFormat obj = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");             long epoch = obj.parse(str).getTime();             System.out.println("Date value: "+epoch);       //Creating java.util.Date object       java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date(epoch);       System.out.println(date);    } }

Output

Date value: 622751400000 Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 IST 1989

Using the valueOf() method

The valueOf() method of this class has two variants as shown below −

• valueOf(LocalDate date);
• valueOf(String s);

This method accepts a LocalDate object or a date string value (yyyy-[m]m-[d]d format) representing a desired date and creates/returns a java.sql.Date object.

Example

Live Demo

import java.sql.Date; import java.time.LocalDate; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) {         LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2014, 9, 11);       Date date = Date.valueOf(localDate);       System.out.println(date);    } }

Output

Date Value: 2014-09-11

Example

Live Demo

import java.sql.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) {         String str = "2017-12-03";       Date date = Date.valueOf(str);       System.out.println("Date Value: "+date);    } }

Output

yyyy-[m]m-[d]d