How to Get Date, Time & Timestamp Data from Oracle

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[edit] Overview - How to Get Date, Time & Timestamp Data from Oracle

This Java example program demonstrates how to get data from Oracle.

[edit] Java Source Code

• Package: example.datetimetimestamp
• File: GetDateFromOracle.java

package example.datetimetimestamp;
 
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
 
public class GetDateFromOracle {
    public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception {
	String driver = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
	String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:databaseName";
	Class.forName(driver);
	return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "name", "password");
    }
 
    public static void main(String args[]) {
	String GET_RECORD = "select date_column, time_column, " + "timestamp_column from TestDates where id = ?";
	ResultSet rs = null;
	Connection conn = null;
	PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
	try {
	    conn = getConnection();
	    pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(GET_RECORD);
	    pstmt.setString(1, "0001");
	    rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
	    while (rs.next()) {
		java.sql.Date dbSqlDate = rs.getDate(1);
		java.sql.Time dbSqlTime = rs.getTime(2);
		java.sql.Timestamp dbSqlTimestamp = rs.getTimestamp(3);
		System.out.println("dbSqlDate=" + dbSqlDate);
		System.out.println("dbSqlTime=" + dbSqlTime);
		System.out.println("dbSqlTimestamp=" + dbSqlTimestamp);
	    }
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    e.printStackTrace();
	} finally {
	    try {
		rs.close();
		pstmt.close();
		conn.close();
	    } catch (SQLException e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	    }
	}
    }
}

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[edit] Required External Libraries and/or Files for this Java Example

In order to run this Java example, one of the following libraries may be required: In order to run this example program, one of the following libraries may be required:

• MySQL JDBC driver. You can download it from MySQL Connector/J — for connecting to MySQL from Java
• Oracle JDBC driver. You can download it from JDBC driver for Oracle.
• MSSQL JDBC driver. There are several vendors provide JDBC driver for MSSQL, you should chose one of them:
  • jTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver. It is an open source JDBC 3.0 Type 4 driver for Microsoft SQL Server (6.5, 7.0, 2000 and 2005) and Sybase. jTDS is the fastest JDBC driver for MS SQL Server and is a complete implementation of the JDBC spec. You can download it from jTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver
  • MSSQL JDBC driver from Microsoft.
    • JDBC driver for MSSQL 2000. You can download it from SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Service Pack 3
    • JDBC driver for MSSQL 2005. You can download it from Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2
• PostgreSQL JDBC driver. You can download it from PostgreSQL JDBC driver. It is a pure Java (Type IV) implementation.
• HSQLDB JDBC Driver. HSQLDB is the leading SQL relational database engine written in Java. It has a JDBC driver and supports a rich subset of ANSI-92 SQL plus SQL 99 and 2003 enhancements. You can download it from hsqldb.

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