title: How do I combine a java.util.Date object with a java.sql.Time object?
body: <p>I'm pulling back a Date and a Time from a database. They are stored in separate fields, but I would like to combine them into a java.util.Date object that reflects the date/time appropriately.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my original approach, but it is flawed. I always end up with a Date/Time that is 6 hours off what it should be. I think this is because the Time has a timezone offset as well as the Date, and I really only need one of them to have the timezone offset.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions on how to do this so that it will give me the correct Date/Time?</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.sql.Time;
  import java.util.Calendar;
  import java.util.Date;
  
  import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
      public static Date combineDateTime(Date date, Time time)
          {
              if (date == null)
                  return null;
              Date newDate = DateUtils.truncate(date, Calendar.DATE);
              if (time != null)
              {
                  Date t = new Date(time.getTime());
                  newDate = new Date(newDate.getTime() + t.getTime());
              }
              return newDate;
          }
  </code></pre>