public class HelloWorld{

 public static void main(String []args){
     try{
        java.util.Date mDate;
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat readFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
        mDate = readFormat.parse("2017-02-05");
        System.out.println("date: " + mDate.toString());
     } catch (java.text.ParseException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
     }