I am using Hibernate with Spring and received a validation error that I believe is incorrect. In the code snippit below, I receive a type mismatch on "current_date()" with the error message that java.util.Date type is expected. However, current_date() should fulfill this type. I String HQL = "from CASE a where a.case_id_nmbr in ("+ "select distinct pad.plnadmCaseIdNmbr from Planadministration pad," + " CASE cs, Assignment asg "+ " WHERE pad.plnadmOngoingAsmptnDate <= current_date() "+ " and cs.case_cascateg_code is not null "+ " and cs.case_cascateg_code <> 0 "+ " and asg.assignDeptDivCode in (:divisions) "+ " and asg.assignEndDate is null "+ " and asg.assignCaseIdNmbr=pad.plnadmCaseIdNmbr "+ " and pad.plnadmCaseIdNmbr = cs.case_id_nmbr "+ " and 0 = "+ " ( select count " + " from CaseMilestone cml "+ " where cml.casmlstnCaseIdNmbr = cs.case_id_nmbr " + " and (cml.casmlstnFinalizedFlag is null or cml.casmlstnFinalizedFlag = 'N') "+ " and not (cml.casmlstnReftypeCode in (:TPDRefTypes) )" + " and cml.casmlstnReftypeCode not in " + " (select ref.reftype_code FROM ReferralType ref WHERE ref.reftype_archive_flag='Y')"+ " ) "+ ") " + "order by a.case_id_nmbr"; Query query = session.createQuery(HQL);