Hello Jim,
I think there is confusion between
- java.util.Date and
- java.sql.Date.
If you want to use a native database date field,
use the java.sql.Date class instead the java.util.Date class.
Regards.
Jim Richards wrote:
>
> Hello all ...
>
> I'm just trying to get an idea of what people are doing to get around
> issues with date/time database fields in relation to their java code.
>
> Currently I use a Long to store the time in milliseconds from GMT (the
> value returned by System.currentTimeMillis()), and then when I bring
> back the time I put it into a Date object in my entity bean.
>
> The client though wants to use the native database date field. We're
> using PostgreSQL ...
>
> I'm still using Jonas 1.4, but if this has been addressed in later versions
> then I'll upgrade.
>
> One of the reasons this is a problem is that the Java version (IBM's 1.1.8 for
> Linux) doesn't seem to be localised, so when I use SimpleDateFormat to
> output a text string, then it only comes with Pacific Standard Time (I think),
> which doesn't help us at all (we'ew in Sydney, Australia) ...
>
> Thanks ...
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