I need to figure out a way to insert a record with a java.util.Date field into a database and i'm stuck.

Does anyone know how i can do this? Right now i have something like.

        java.util.Date myDate = new java.util.Date("01/01/2009");

        sb.append("INSERT INTO USERS");
        sb.append("(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SEX, DATE) ");
        sb.append("VALUES ( ");
        sb.append("  '" + userId + "'");
        sb.append(", '" + myUser.GetFirstname() + "' ");
        sb.append(", '" + myUser.GetLastname() + "' ");
        sb.append(", '" + myUser.GetSex() + "' ");
        sb.append(", '" + myDate  + "'");
        sb.append(")");

        Util.executeUpdate(sb.toString());

But when i run something like this i get the error: The syntax of the string representation of a datetime value is incorrect.

Heres what the sql statement looks like: 

INSERT INTO USERS (USER_ID
    , FIRST_NAME
    , LAST_NAME
    , SEX
    , CRDATE) 
VALUES (   
    'user'
    , 'FirstTest' 
    , 'LastTest' 
    , 'M'
    , 'Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2009')

Thanks

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