Java tutorial
import java.util.Calendar; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { // get a calendar using the default time zone and locale. Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); // set Date portion to January 1, 1970 calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 1970); calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.JANUARY); calendar.set(Calendar.DATE, 1); // normalize the object calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0); java.sql.Date javaSqlDate = new java.sql.Date(calendar.getTime().getTime()); } }