Java tutorial
import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException { try { SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd"); String date = "2003/01/10"; java.util.Date utilDate = formatter.parse(date); java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime()); System.out.println("date:" + date); System.out.println("sqlDate:" + sqlDate); } catch (ParseException e) { System.out.println(e.toString()); e.printStackTrace(); } } }