Here you can find the source of getTimestamp()
public static Timestamp getTimestamp()
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w . j a va2 s .com*/ * Copyright (C) 2007 Asterios Raptis * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class Main { /** * Creates a java.sql.Timestamp from now. * * @return Timestamp. */ public static Timestamp getTimestamp() { return getTimestamp(new Date()); } /** * Creates a java.sql.Timestamp(to match the ones in the database) from the given date. * * @param date * The date * * @return Timestamp. */ public static Timestamp getTimestamp(final Date date) { final Calendar gregCal = new GregorianCalendar(); gregCal.setTime(date); gregCal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); gregCal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); gregCal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); gregCal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0); return new Timestamp(gregCal.getTime().getTime()); } }