@DatabaseField(columnName="out_date",dataType=DataType.DATE_STRING,format="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
    private Date out_date;

SimpleDateFormat formater = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
outlet.setOut_date(formater.parse(json.getString("outletDate")));

String date = "12/3/2014 12:00:00 AM";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS a");
Date testDate = null;
try {
    testDate = sdf.parse(date);
}catch(Exception ex){
    ex.printStackTrace();
}
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
String newFormat = formatter.format(testDate);
System.out.println(".....Date..."+newFormat);

try {

    SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
    Date date = sdf1.parse("12/3/2014 12:00:00 AM");
    String format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(date);
    System.out.println(format);

}catch(Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}