SimpleDateFormatSample.java

package simpledateformatsample;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class SimpleDateFormatSample {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
    String dateString = "2014/12/28";
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY/MM/dd");
    Date date = DateFormat.getDateInstance().parse(dateString);
    System.out.printf("%s = %s = %s\n", sdf.format(date), dateString, date.toString());
    // => 2015/12/28 = 2014/12/28 = Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 JST 2014
  }

}