max wrote:
you haven't posted much about the query, the mapping etc. so not much i can help with :)
...but i can say that select new ofcourse uses the mapping files as the HQK query still needs to be translated into the proper sql.
You're right Max, I didn't give you much to work with. It's just that the Query is joining 6 tables and returning columns from each of them and I didn't want to sent more then necessary.
Here's the mapping file from which the SybTimestamp's coming from (look for name="changeDate"):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
    "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 2.0//EN"
    "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-2.0.dtd" >
<hibernate-mapping>
<!--
    Created by the Middlegen Hibernate plugin
    
http://boss.bekk.no/boss/middlegen/
    http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/
-->
<class
    name="hibernate.Form"
    table="FORMS"
>
    <id
        name="formId"
        type="java.lang.Long"
        column="Form_ID"
    >
        <generator class="assigned" />
    </id>
    <property
        name="cid"
        type="java.lang.Integer"
        column="CID"
        not-null="true"
        length="6"
    />
    <property
        name="formLanguage"
        type="java.lang.String"
        column="Form_Language"
        not-null="true"
        length="1"
    />
    <property
        name="formStatus"
        type="java.lang.String"
        column="Form_Status"
        not-null="true"
        length="1"
    />
    <property
        name="transferredToAmisDate"
        type="java.sql.Timestamp"
        column="Transferred_To_AMIS_Date"
        length="23"
    />
    <property
        name="transferredToAmisIndicator"
        type="java.lang.String"
        column="Transferred_To_AMIS_Indicator"
        length="1"
    />
    <property
        name="createUserId"
        type="java.lang.String"
        column="Create_User_ID"
        not-null="true"
        length="3"
    />
    <property
        name="createDate"
        type="java.sql.Timestamp"
        column="Create_Date"
        not-null="true"
        length="23"
    />
    <property
        name="changeUserId"
        type="java.lang.String"
        column="Change_User_ID"
        not-null="true"
        length="3"
    />
    <property
        name="changeDate"
        type="java.sql.Timestamp"
        column="Change_Date"
        not-null="true"
        length="23"
    />
    <!-- associations -->
    <!-- bi-directional many-to-one association to Application -->
    <many-to-one
        name="application"
        class="hibernate.Application"
        not-null="true"
    >
        <column name="Appl_ID" />
    </many-to-one>
    <!-- bi-directional many-to-one association to WebSubsystem -->
    <many-to-one
        name="webSubsystem"
        class="hibernate.WebSubsystem"
        not-null="true"
    >
        <column name="Subsystem_ID" />
    </many-to-one>
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>
I checked the datatype of that column in the resultset (I called the same HQL without the SELECT NEW).  I did a getClass().getName() on the column and it returned "com.sybase.jdbc2.tds.SybTimestamp". 
Here's the HQL:
            Iterator it = session.createQuery(
                    "select new portFolio.PortFolioBean2( Form.application.applId, " +
                    "Application.programId, " +
                    "Application.applTitle, " +
                    "Form.cid, " +
                    "Form.webSubsystem.subsystemId, " +
                    "Application.letterOfIntentInd, " +
                    "Cod.shortNameFrench, " +
                    "Cod.shortNameEnglish, " +
                    "WebSubsystem.displayNameFrench, " +
                    "WebSubsystem.displayNameEnglish, " +
                    "Form.formStatus, " +
                    "Form.formLanguage, " +
                    "Form.changeDate, " +
                    "Form.formId) " +
                    "from Application Application, " +
                    "WebSubsystem WebSubsystem, " +
                    "WebSubsystemCrossref WebSubsystemCrossref, " +
                    "Cod Cod, " +
                    "Person Person, " +
                    "Form Form " +
                    "WHERE ( Application.grantType *= Cod.code) and " +
                    "( Application.programId = WebSubsystem.program.programId ) and " +
                    "(WebSubsystem.subsystemId = WebSubsystemCrossref.comp_id.bySubsystemId) AND " +
                    "( Application.webId = Person.cid ) and " +
                    "( Form.webSubsystem.subsystemId = WebSubsystem.subsystemId ) and " +
                    "( Form.application.applId = Application.applId ) and " +
                    "( Application.webId = Form.cid ) and " +
                    "( ( Application.webId = 12345 ) AND " +
                    "( (WebSubsystem.grantType = Application.grantType OR " +
                    "Application.grantType is null) AND " +
                    "(Application.letterOfIntentInd is null OR " +
                    "Application.letterOfIntentInd = WebSubsystem.letterOfIntentInd)) AND " +
                    "WebSubsystemCrossref.comp_id.byPortfolioSubsystemId = 56 AND " +
                    "Application.finalReportInd = 'N' ) AND " +
                    "DATEDIFF(day,Form.changeDate, getdate()) < 120 " +
                    "order by 2 ASC, 3 ASC, 1 ASC ").list().iterator();
Here the portFolio.PortFolioBean2 class:
public class PortFolioBean2 {
    private Integer web_id;
    private Long appl_id;
    private Integer program_id;
    private Integer subSystem_id;
    private Long form_id;
    private String appl_title;
    private String letter_Of_Intent_Ind;
    private String grantType_f;
    private String grantType_e;
    private String formName_f;
    private String formName_e;
    private String formLanguage;
    private String form_Status;
    private Timestamp change_Date;
    /* Default constructor*/
    public PortFolioBean2() {
    }
    /* constructor for loading all fields*/
    public PortFolioBean2(Long appl_id, Integer program_id, String appl_title,
                         Integer web_id, Integer subSystem_id,
                         String letter_Of_Intent_Ind, String grantType_f,
                         String grantType_e, String applTitle_f,
                         String applTitle_e, String form_Status,
                         String formLanguage, Timestamp change_Date,
                         Long form_ID) {
        this.appl_id = appl_id;
        this.program_id = program_id;
        this.appl_title = appl_title;
        this.web_id = web_id;
        this.subSystem_id = subSystem_id;
        this.letter_Of_Intent_Ind = letter_Of_Intent_Ind;
        this.formName_f = grantType_f + applTitle_f;
        this.formName_e = grantType_e + applTitle_e;
        this.formLanguage = formLanguage;
        this.form_Status = form_Status;
        this.change_Date = change_Date;
        this.form_id = form_ID;
    }
I tried changing the column's datatype in the mapping and the PortFolioBean2 constructor to "com.sybase.jdbc2.tds.SybTimestamp" and that didn't solved the problem.
Cheers