Hi,

What is the best class when working with dates (no need for time)? There is java.util.Date, java.util.GregorianCalendar, java.sql.Date. It seems that java.util.Date and java.sql.Date is being depreciated. I am got a feeling that java.util.GregorianCalendar is slow? Is it true? Does it uses more resources compare to java.util.Date or java.sql.Date? Should I worry if I use java.util.GregorianCalendar

Thanks
james

java.util.Date is what I use...don't worry, it is not going to be deprecated. There are a lot of deprecated constructors and methods, but java.util.Date (and to a lesser extent java.sql.Date) remains the only value object representing a physical date. The Calendar class is more of a strategy class, and it does increase overhead, using more resources.

There is a problem when you map your dates with java.util.Date. We have DB2 on Linux and java.util.Date mapped to a Date worked fine. We switched our database to DB2 on Mainframe and the app broke. We changed the mapping to java.sql.Date and it worked.

Anybody experienced the same problem?