How to convert a string to date and then compare it with todays date?

Hello.

I want to set a format first for my dates

DateFormate df = new SimpleDateFormate("yyyy-mm-dd");

once this is done then I want to convert any string to date object in the above formate

String str="2001-07-19";

Date d = null;

try{

d = df.parse(s);

}catch(ParseException pe) {

pe.printStackTrace();

}

First of all there is something wrong above,cus what I get for this is

Fri Jan 19 00:07:00 MST 2001

where as it should have been

2001-07-19... to my understanding.

once this part is done I need to get current date in the above set format and compare the

current date and the date I set.

I will appreciate the help.

Thanks

[755 byte] By [me_elf] at [2007-9-26 1:13:37]