String to Date conversion

[javaplus]

Hi,
I am parsing a text file and have to store the require information into database. The text file is simply an ASCII file. It has date in it which has following format:
YYYY-MON-DD

Example:
2001-jan-12
2006-feb-17

I get date in the form of String and have to store it into Date format. I want a method to be written so I can reuse it later. The sketch of the method is:

Code:

Date strToDate(String date){
...
// code goes here
...
Date date = new Date(year,month,day);
return date;
}

I would be thankful if someone can guide me.

Regards.

[hardwired]

Code:

// If you are certain of the entry format you can try
// something like this. Save it as a member variable:
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd");  // 2001-jan-12

/** Let it parse your string into a Date. */
Date strToDate(String dateStr) {
    Date date = null;
    try {
        date = df.parse(dateStr);
    } catch(ParseException e) {
        // recover
    }
    return date;
}

[javaplus]

Thanks hardwired. I just tested it and it works fine. New to me was:

Code:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd");

Thanks once again.