Get the current date in java.sql.Date format

Question

I need to add the current date into a prepared statement of a JDBC call. I need to add the date in a format like yyyy/MM/dd.

I\'ve try with

Answer 1

These are all too long.

Just use:

new Date(System.currentTimeMillis())

Answer 2

all you have to do is this

    Calendar currenttime = Calendar.getInstance();               //creates the Calendar object of the current time
    Date sqldate = new Date((currenttime.getTime()).getTime());  //creates the sql Date of the above created object
    pstm.setDate(6, (java.sql.Date) date);              //assign it to the prepared statement (pstm in this case)

Answer 3

You can achieve you goal with below ways :-

long millis=System.currentTimeMillis();  
java.sql.Date date=new java.sql.Date(millis);  

or

// create a java calendar instance
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

// get a java date (java.util.Date) from the Calendar instance.
// this java date will represent the current date, or "now".
java.util.Date currentDate = calendar.getTime();

// now, create a java.sql.Date from the java.util.Date
java.sql.Date date = new java.sql.Date(currentDate.getTime());

Answer 4

Since the java.sql.Date has a constructor that takes 'long time' and java.util.Date has a method that returns 'long time', I just pass the returned 'long time' to the java.sql.Date to create the date.

java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new Date(date.getTime());