Java: JPA classes, refactoring from Date to DateTime
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With a table created using this SQL
Create Table X (
    ID varchar(4) Not Null,
    XDATE date
);
and an entity class defined like so
@Entity
@Table(name = "X")
public class X implements Serializable {
    @Id
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @Column(name = "ID", nullable = false, length = 4)
    private String id;
    @Column(name = "XDATE")
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private Date xDate; //java.util.Date
    ...
}
With the above, I can use JPA to achieve object relational mapping. However, the xDate attribute can only store dates, e.g. dd/MM/yyyy.
How do I refactor the above to store a full date object using just one field, i.e. dd/MM/yyyy HH24:mm?
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