Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static String fm5 = "yyyy-MM-dd"; public static Date StringToDate(String dateStr) { SimpleDateFormat dd = new SimpleDateFormat(fm5); Date date = null; try { date = dd.parse(dateStr); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return date; } }