cast date format string into value

What you describe has nothing to do with dates. It's simply string manipulation.

This will do it for the case where it's always XX/YY/ZZZZ. You'll have to tweak the regex if there's flexibility in, say, the number of digits.

String out = in.replaceAll("(\\d{2})/(\\d{2})/\\d{2}(\\d{2})", "$3$2$1");

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jverda at 2007-7-9 22:03:45 >