Parse date per format

DateTimeTest.java

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.ParsePosition;

public class DateTimeTest { 
   public static void main(String[] args) { 

      // Create parser
      SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
      
      // Parse correct data
      Date date = df.parse("2015-02-11", new ParsePosition(0));

      // put date 
      System.out.println("Parsed date: " + date);

      // print date in same format
      System.out.println("Formatted date: " + df.format(date));


      // Parse invalid date
      date = df.parse("2015-02.11", new ParsePosition(0));

      // date is null since string does not match the format string
      System.out.println("Parsed invalid date (must be null): " + date);
   }
}