Help: Setting java.sql.date Object

[CrystalVisualBOracle]

Hello all! I have a java.sql.date object called startdate that I need to initialize and set. Initializing it is easy enough

java.sql.Date startdate;

But how do I set startdate to say, January 1, 2005? Does anyone have an example of this?

Thanks in advance,
CrystalVisualBOracle

 

[wushutwist]

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MMM/yyyy");
java.sql.Date startDate = new java.sql.Date(sdf.parse("01/Jan/2005").getTime());