MySQL datetime not returning time

I have a MySQL db with a table containing a datetime column.

However, I cannot find a way in Java to return this as some sort of Time object within Java.

I can call resultset.getString("Date") and it will return the datetime, but this is no good as there is no way to compare dates, etc., on the string.

I can also call resultset.getDate("Date"), but this doesn't return the time at all.