Casting util date into oracle jbo date

public static oracle.jbo.domain.Date castUtilDateToJboDate(java.util.Date date)
{
oracle.jbo.domain.Date jboDate = null ;
if(date != null)
{
jboDate = new oracle.jbo.domain.Date(new java.sql.Date(date.getTime()));
}
return jboDate ;
}