--- title: "getTimestamp Method (int) (SQLServerResultSet) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "01/19/2017" ms.prod: sql ms.prod_service: connectivity ms.reviewer: "" ms.technology: connectivity ms.topic: conceptual apiname: - "SQLServerResultSet.getTimestamp (int)" apilocation: - "sqljdbc.jar" apitype: "Assembly" ms.assetid: ad538a76-983f-4175-9481-9e7fa9480c71 author: David-Engel ms.author: v-daenge --- # getTimestamp Method (int) (SQLServerResultSet) [!INCLUDE[Driver_JDBC_Download](../../../includes/driver_jdbc_download.md)] Retrieves the value of the designated column index in the current row of this [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a java.sql.Timestamp object in the Java programming language. ## Syntax ``` public java.sql.Timestamp getTimestamp(int columnIndex) ``` #### Parameters *columnIndex* An **int** that indicates the column index. ## Return Value A Timestamp object. ## Exceptions [SQLServerException](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverexception-class.md) ## Remarks This getTimestamp method is specified by the getTimestamp method in the java.sql.ResultSet interface. This method returns values only from [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] datetime and smalldatetime columns. ## See Also [getTimestamp Method (SQLServerResultSet)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/gettimestamp-method-sqlserverresultset.md) [SQLServerResultSet Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-members.md) [SQLServerResultSet Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md)