Auto increment of month problem

Question

public void AssignRTA(String date){
String[] StartDate = date.split("/");
GregorianCalendar calStart = new GregorianCalendar(Integer.parseInt(StartDate[2]), Integer.parseInt(StartDate[0]) , Integer.parseInt(StartDate[1]));
System.out.println("Date: " + dfmt.format(calStart.getTime()));
Hi, I passed in a String contain "2/7/2003" (mm/dd/yyyy). Split it and StartDate[0] = Month, StartDate[1]= Day, StartDate[2]= Year.
When I do it this way, the month will auto increment by 1.
The printout will be 3/7/20003. Why is that so?
Please advise. Thanks

Answer 1

Sorry for the triple post.
If you want to convert your date string to a Date object, use:Date yourDate = null;
try {
   SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
   yourDate = formatter.parse("05/06/2000");
} catch (ParseException e) { }tajenkins