Convert a String Date Such as 2003/01/10 to a java.sql.Date Object in Java

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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
    try {
      SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
      String date = "2003/01/10";
      java.util.Date utilDate = formatter.parse(date);
      java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(utilDate.getTime());
      System.out.println("date:" + date);
      System.out.println("sqlDate:" + sqlDate);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
      System.out.println(e.toString());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

  }

}