How do I convert String to Date object in Java

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

public class StringToDate
{
   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();
       }
   }
}