java.util.Date utilDate = new java.util.Date();
java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime());
System.out.println("utilDate:" + utilDate);
System.out.println("sqlDate:" + sqlDate);
This gives me the following output:
utilDate:Fri Apr 04 12:07:37 MSK 2014
sqlDate:2014-04-04