Java tutorial
import java.text.ParsePosition; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String text = "09/19/2014"; // Create a pattern for the date text "09/19/2014" String pattern = "MM/dd/yyyy"; SimpleDateFormat simpleFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern); // a ParsePosition object with value zero ParsePosition startPos = new ParsePosition(0); // Parse the text Date parsedDate = simpleFormatter.parse(text, startPos); System.out.println(parsedDate); } }