Creating java.sql.Date Using the java.sql.Date.valueOf() Method : Date Time Timestamp « Database « Java Tutorial

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The java.sql.Date object's valueOf() method accepts a String, which must be the date in JDBC time escape format: YYYY-MM-DD.

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    String date = "2000-11-01";
    java.sql.Date javaSqlDate = java.sql.Date.valueOf(date);

  }

}