public void setDate(String fieldName, HCatSchema recordSchema, Date value) throws HCatException {
    set(fieldName, recordSchema, value);
  }
Note that the proper way to construct a java.sql.Date for use with this object is 
Date.valueOf("1999-12-31").
hcatalog/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/data/HCatRecord.java