Java Programming

Hi,

I want to convert a date in string form into java.sql.Date to persist into the database column with Date as its datatype in Oracle. I'm trying as follows:

import java.sql.Date;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class DateTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String strDate = "2002-07-16 14:45:01";
System.out.println("strDate = "+strDate);
Date aDate = null;
try
{
if(strDate != null && !strDate.trim().equals(""))
{
SimpleDateFormat aSDF = new SimpleDateFormat();
aSDF.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");

java.util.Date utilDate = aSDF.parse(strDate);
System.out.println("utildate = "+utilDate);

aDate = new Date(utilDate.getTime());
aDate.setTime(utilDate.getTime());
System.out.println("aDate = "+aDate);
}
}
catch (ParseException e)
{
System.out.println("Unable to parse the date - "+strDate);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("Caught Exception :"+ex.getMessage());
}
}
}

It gives the output as :

strDate = 2002-07-16 14:45:01
utildate = Tue Jul 16 14:45:01 IST 2002
aDate = 2002-07-16

If I put this value into the database table, I can see only the date. Time part is missing. Is this the problem with java.sql.Date or Oracle datatype Date? Please help me asap.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Rajapriya.R.