/**
 * @author dgreen
 */
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateDemo {

    private static Date date1; 
    // Date format instance using short format for date
    private static DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        try {
          date1 = df.parse( "5/15/04" );
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.out.println( "" + e );
        }
        System.out.println( "" + df.format(date1) );
    }

}