Convert String to Date in java

import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
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public void testConvertDateToString() {

// Allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents the time
// at which it was allocated, measured to the nearest millisecond.
Date dateNow = new Date ();

SimpleDateFormat dateformatYYYYMMDD = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
SimpleDateFormat dateformatMMDDYYYY = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy");

StringBuilder nowYYYYMMDD = new StringBuilder( dateformatYYYYMMDD.format( dateNow ) );
StringBuilder nowMMDDYYYY = new StringBuilder( dateformatMMDDYYYY.format( dateNow ) );

System.out.println( "DEBUG: Today in YYYYMMDD: '" + nowYYYYMMDD + "'");
System.out.println( "DEBUG: Today in MMDDYYYY: '" + nowMMDDYYYY + "'");

}