java - Convert String to SQL Date -

i have string contains date string eg 12-28-18 of format mm-dd-yy. wish pass parameter stored procedure in oracle database.

hence, trying convert string java.sql.date. following method following convert:

dateformat df = new simpledateformat("mm-dd-yy"); java.util.date date1 = df.parse(valueobject.getdate()); java.sql.date date2 = new java.sql.date(date1.gettime()) 

however , leads parseexception. not able figure out why fails during parsing. on great!

using valueof():

string date = "2000-11-01"; // yyyy-mm-dd java.sql.date sqldate = java.sql.date.valueof(date);