Answers for "You will need to rewrite or cast the expression."

You will need to rewrite or cast the expression.

PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(
  "INSERT INTO Event (EventNum, EventName, startHour, endHour, startMin, endMin, startDate, endDate, State, depName)
               VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?::date, ?::date, ?::status, ?)");