Converting a java string to a date.

I am working on extending an EO and I have a situation where I must convert a string to a date before passing it to a method. The string is in the format "DD-MON-YYYY". I am using the following code and get an error "incompatible types: found: java.util.Date, required: oracle.jbo.domain.Date". Here is the code I am using:
try {
SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("DD-MON-YYYY");
oracle.jbo.domain.Date expdate=df.parse(expendituredate);
setExpenditureItemDate(expdate);
catch (Exception err) {
Any ideas why the code I am using is not working? Is there another way to do this?
Mike

The difference is that
D Day in year
d Day in month
Hence when you used 22-Feb-2007 with "DD-MMM-yyyy", it took 22 as the 22nd day of the year and overrided the month value giving you 22nd January :)
Cheers
--Saroj

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