String to Date

string_date_notes.txt

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
String dateString = "01-May-2017";
Date date = formatter.parse(dateString);
LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(date.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
dateString = localDateTime.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd"));
localDateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(dateString, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-yyyy"));
Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(localDateTime);
localDateTime = timestamp.toLocalDateTime();