Question

I want to get the current month from the system as a string and also by using the java.sql.Date object.

I have tried the code below, but getMonth() is strike through by Eclipse:

java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date( date.getMonth() );

Why is it is strike through?

Answer 1

The method is strike through in Eclipse because the method getMonth() is deprecated.
Besides if you want it as a String, you can use the class SimpleDateFormat in order to transform the date to String.

For example:

new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM").format(new Date()); // will output 'july'