Parsing String into mysql Date [duplicate]

Answer 1

try {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    Date dob = null;
    dob = sdf.parse(txtToday.getText());
    java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(dob.getTime());
    c1.setDOB(sqlDate); //use this sqlDate for inserting into Database
    } catch (ParseException e) {
          System.out.println("Parse exception,incorrect input in the textbox");
          e.printStackTrace();
}