How to convert String to Date object

package com.swain.cell;

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.ParseException;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class StringDate {

       public static void main(String[] args) {

              DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

              try {

                     Date today = df.parse("20/12/2005");

                     System.out.println("Today = " + df.format(today));

              } catch (ParseException e) {

                     e.printStackTrace();

              }

       }

}