Java tutorial
import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Date birth = null; String birthDate = "30-MAR-2012"; DateFormat formatter = null; formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy"); birth = (Date) formatter.parse(birthDate); // birtDate is a string if (birth == null) { System.out.println("Birth object is still null."); } else { System.out.println("Default date format " + birth); System.out.println("Our SimpleDateFormat " + formatter.format(birth)); System.out.println("Our SimpleDateFormat with all uppercase " + formatter.format(birth).toUpperCase()); } } }