[java] how to convert java string to Date object

I have a string

String startDate = "06/27/2007";

now i have to get Date object. My DateObject should be the same value as of startDate.

I am doing like this

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
Date startDate = df.parse(startDate);

But the output is in format

Jan 27 00:06:00 PST 2007.

The concise version:

String dateStr = "06/27/2007";
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
Date startDate = (Date)formatter.parse(dateStr);  

Add a try/catch block for a ParseException to ensure the format is a valid date.

var startDate = "06/27/2007";
startDate = new Date(startDate);

console.log(startDate);

"mm" means the "minutes" fragment of a date. For the "months" part, use "MM".

So, try to change the code to:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); 
Date startDate = df.parse(startDateString);

Edit: A DateFormat object contains a date formatting definition, not a Date object, which contains only the date without concerning about formatting. When talking about formatting, we are talking about create a String representation of a Date in a specific format. See this example:

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

    public class DateTest {

        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
            String startDateString = "06/27/2007";

            // This object can interpret strings representing dates in the format MM/dd/yyyy
            DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); 

            // Convert from String to Date
            Date startDate = df.parse(startDateString);

            // Print the date, with the default formatting. 
            // Here, the important thing to note is that the parts of the date 
            // were correctly interpreted, such as day, month, year etc.
            System.out.println("Date, with the default formatting: " + startDate);

            // Once converted to a Date object, you can convert 
            // back to a String using any desired format.
            String startDateString1 = df.format(startDate);
            System.out.println("Date in format MM/dd/yyyy: " + startDateString1);

            // Converting to String again, using an alternative format
            DateFormat df2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); 
            String startDateString2 = df2.format(startDate);
            System.out.println("Date in format dd/MM/yyyy: " + startDateString2);
        }
    }

Output:

Date, with the default formatting: Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 BRT 2007
Date in format MM/dd/yyyy: 06/27/2007
Date in format dd/MM/yyyy: 27/06/2007

    try 
    {  
      String datestr="06/27/2007";
      DateFormat formatter; 
      Date date; 
      formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
      date = (Date)formatter.parse(datestr);  
    } 
    catch (Exception e)
    {}

month is MM, minutes is mm..