Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = getConnection(); Statement st = conn.createStatement(); st.executeUpdate("create table survey (id int,myDate DATE );"); String INSERT_RECORD = "insert into survey(id, myDate) values(?, ?)"; PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(INSERT_RECORD); pstmt.setString(1, "1"); java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(new java.util.Date().getTime()); pstmt.setDate(2, sqlDate); pstmt.executeUpdate(); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM survey"); while (rs.next()) { System.out.print(rs.getDate(2)); } rs.close(); st.close(); conn.close(); } private static Connection getConnection() throws Exception { Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); String url = "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:data/tutorial"; return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", ""); } }