public void test_string_conversion() { Date d1 = Dates.newDate(2010, 12, 31, 10, 0, 0); assertEquals("2010-12-31 10:00:00", Dates.toDbString(d1)); assertTrue(Dates.equal(d1, Dates.fromDbString("2010-12-31 10:00:00"))); try { Dates.fromDbString("today"); fail(); } catch (Exception e) { assertEquals("Cannot parse 'today' as date", e.getMessage()); } }