How to convert String to Date in java?

Below code shows how to convert String to Date in java. It converts String Object to java.util.Date

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package com.kodehelp.javautil;

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

/**
 * Created by https://kodehelp.com Date: 10/5/11
 */
public class StringToDate {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

        try {
            Date yesterday = df.parse("04/12/1981");
            System.out.println("Yesterday = " + df.format(yesterday));
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}