Convert a String to Date : Convert from String « Data Type « Java Tutorial

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

    Date theDate = dateFormat.parse("01/01/2009");
    System.out.println(dateFormat.format(theDate));

  }
}
//01/01/2009

2.36.Convert from String
	2.36.1.	Number Parsing
	2.36.2.	Integer.valueOf: Converting String to Integer
	2.36.3.	Integer.parseInt(): Converting String to int
	2.36.4.	String.ValueOf
	2.36.5.	sums a list of numbers entered by the user
	2.36.6.	Convert string of time to time object
	2.36.7.	Converting a String to a byte Number
	2.36.8.	Converting a String to a short Number
	2.36.9.	Converting a String to a int(integer) Number
	2.36.10.	Convert a String to Date
	2.36.11.	Convert String to character array
	2.36.12.	Convert base64 string to a byte array
	2.36.13.	Parse basic types