Using Java 8 Date and Time classes

The PostgreSQL JDBC driver implements native support for the Java 8 Date and Time API (JSR-310) using JDBC 4.2.

Table 5.1. Supported Java 8 Date and Time classes

PostgreSQL	Java SE 8
DATE	LocalDate
TIME [ WITHOUT TIME ZONE ]	LocalTime
TIMESTAMP [ WITHOUT TIME ZONE ]	LocalDateTime
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE	OffsetDateTime

This is closely aligned with tables B-4 and B-5 of the JDBC 4.2 specification. Note that ZonedDateTime , Instant and OffsetTime / TIME WITH TIME ZONE are not supported. Also note that all OffsetDateTime instances will have be in UTC (have offset 0). This is because the backend stores them as UTC.

Example 5.2. Reading Java 8 Date and Time values using JDBC

Statement st = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE columnfoo = 500");
while (rs.next())
{
    System.out.print("Column 1 returned ");
    LocalDate localDate = rs.getObject(1, LocalDate.class));
    System.out.println(localDate);
}
rs.close();
st.close();

For other data types simply pass other classes to #getObject . Note that the Java data types needs to match the SQL data types in table 7.1.

Example 5.3. Writing Java 8 Date and Time values using JDBC

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
PreparedStatement st = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO mytable (columnfoo) VALUES (?)");
st.setObject(1, localDate);
st.executeUpdate();
st.close();