Converting String to a date object

When date is input in a form, at the server end it is received as a String, so numerous times it happens that the Date String has to be converted into the Date Object. Here is the code:

01.package org.kodejava.example.java.util;

02. 

03.import java.text.DateFormat;

04.import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

05.import java.text.ParseException;

06.import java.util.Date;

07. 

08.public class StringToDate

09.{

10.public static void main(String[] args)

11.{

12.DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

13. 

14.try

15.{

16.Date today = df.parse("20/12/2005");           

17.System.out.println("Today = " + df.format(today));

18.} catch (ParseException e)

19.{

20.e.printStackTrace();

21.}

22.}

23.}