Convert a String to Date in Java

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

    System.out.println(isValidDate("2004-02-29"));
    System.out.println(isValidDate("2005-02-29"));
  }

  public static boolean isValidDate(String inDate) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    dateFormat.setLenient(false);
    try {
      dateFormat.parse(inDate.trim());
    } catch (ParseException pe) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

}