In my application I am getting one String variable which holds date in
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss format. It is a String type and i would like to
convert it in sql.Date. TO convert in sql.Date type i am doing the
following:

1) I am getting value in format of yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss, example
2008-03-19 19:44:58
2) i am trying like:

// stringDate is holding value 2008-03-19 19:44:58

DateFormat formater = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
java.util.Date parsedUtilDate = formater.parse(stringDate);
java.sql.Date sqltDate= new java.sql.Date(parsedUtilDate.getTime());

when i convert String date i get in parsedUtilDate: Wed Mar 19
19:44:58 IST 2008
and sqltDate is having value 2008-03-19

could you please help me to get date in same format in sqltDate (as it
is stringDate), 2008-03-19 19:44:58

java.sql.Date.toString() only format to yyyy-mm-dd
Use java.sql.Timestamp instead.