LocalDateTime to java.sql.Date in java 8? - java-8

Question

How to convert LocalDateTime to java.sql.Date in java-8?
My search on internet mostly give me Timestamp related code or LocalDate to java.sql.Date. I'm looking for LocalDateTime to java.sql.Date.

Answer 1

There is no direct correlation between LocalDateTime and java.sql.Date, since former is-a timestamp, and latter is-a Date.
There is, however, a relation between LocalDate and java.sql.Date, and conversion can be done like this:
LocalDate date = //your local date
java.sql.Date sqlDate = java.sql.Date.valueOf(date)
Which for any given LocalDateTime gives you the following code:
LocalDateTime dateTime = // your ldt
java.sql.Date sqlDate = java.sql.Date.valueOf(dateTime.toLocalDate());

Answer 2

#M. Prokhorov's answer is correct, I just want to add a few points.
A java.sql.Date keeps only the day, month and year values. The time values (hour, minute, seconds and milliseconds) are all set to zero. So, when converting a LocalDateTime to a java.sql.Date, these fields are lost.
If you're doing a one-way conversion and don't mind losing those fields, then it's ok to do it:
LocalDateTime dt = // LocalDateTime value
// convert to Date (time information is lost)
java.sql.Date date = java.sql.Date.valueOf(dt.toLocalDate());
But if you want to restore the original LocalDateTime later, it's better to save the time fields separetely, so you can recover it:
LocalDateTime dt = // your LocalDateTime
// save time information (hour, minute, seconds, fraction of seconds)
LocalTime savedTime = dt.toLocalTime();
// convert to Date (time information is lost)
java.sql.Date date = java.sql.Date.valueOf(dt.toLocalDate());
// retrieve back the LocalDate (only day/month/year)
LocalDate localDate = date.toLocalDate();
// retrieve the LocalDateTime, with the original time values
LocalDateTime ldt = localDate.atTime(savedTime);

Answer 3

It is possible to convert from LocalDateTime to java.sql.date while retaining the time part without havng to make assumptions about the time-zone by using java.util.Date as an intermediary:
LocalDateTime dateValue = // your LocalDateTime
java.util.Date utilDate;
String dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";
DateTimeFormatter dtf1 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(dateFormat);
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
try {
utilDate = sdf1.parse(dateValue.format(dtf1));
} catch (ParseException e) {
utilDate = null; // handle the exception
}
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime());