How to insert a string date to a mysql database date field
package events;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.Date;
/**
*
* @author mewq
*/
public class ConDb {
public static void main(String[] args){
String description = null;
try{
Connection conn = (Connection) DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/tangkilikan", "user=root", "password=tangkilik");

Statement stat = (Statement) conn.createStatement();

String eventName = "Imba meeting";
String Address = "Zamora, Cabarroguis, Quirino";
Date date = '2011-09-09';
String description = "meeting";


String insert = "insert into events values ('" + eventName + "', '" + Address + "', ' + date + ', '" + description + "')";


stat.executeUpdate(insert);

} catch(Exception e) {

}

}

}

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
Date date = (Date)formatter.parse("05/15/11");

String insert = "insert into events values ('" + eventName + "', '" + Address + "', '" + date + "', '" + description + "')";

Date date = '2011-09-09';

String dateString = "2011-09-09";
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date myDate = formatter.parse(dateString);

String insert = "insert into events values (?, ? , ? , ?)";
PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatment(insert);
ps.setString(1, eventName);
ps.setString(2, Address);
ps.setDate(3, myDate);
ps.setString(4, description);

ps.executeUpdate();