string to DATETIME YEAR TO MINUTE conversion

Hi,I am trying to convert string into "DATETIME YEAR TO MINUTE"since my db field is of that data type.Here is my stringString s = "2003-9-30 12:30";As I am new ,can anybody help me with this.Thanks.
[240 byte] By [sam_123a] at [2007-11-27 7:35:01]
# 1
Have a look at [url= http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/Timestamp.html]java.sql.Timestamp[/url].~
yawmarka at 2007-7-12 19:15:32 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
# 2

You can also use java.text.SimpleDateFormat: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

import java.text.*;

import java.util.*;

public class DateExample {

public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");

String s = "2003-9-30 12:30";

Date date = format.parse(s);

System.out.println(date);

//if you need a java.sql.Timestamp, because of JDBC

java.sql.Timestamp timestamp = new java.sql.Timestamp(date.getTime());

System.out.println(timestamp);

}

}

Hippolytea at 2007-7-12 19:15:32 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...