Is is possible to allow multiple date format strings pass DateFormat.parse?

I'm trying to use DateFormat.parse to validate a date in the 20/12/08 format. I would like to allow users to input 20-12-08 or 20 12 08.
The code currently looks like this:
formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SMALL, US);It is currently throwing an exception if 10-12-08 is sent in where as 10/12/08 works just fine.
Is there a alternate us locale that is more lenient?
setLenient(true) didn't solve the problem for me. I think that would accept 32/12/08 not 10-12-08.
I could parse the date string and replace - or ' ' with a /.. Is that best practice?
What other options do I have? Could I use SimpleDateFormat somehow?
Thanks for the input

That just doesn't seem clean. It will work, but I would rather not have a valid application flow use an exception to get its job done.
The application is also international, so many locales on one format is valid. The US user base seems to think they can type in the date however they want. So passed into the method is the locale, I would have to modify a lot of code to send in a list of valid locales.
The best solution for me would be to have a locale that would allow - or ' ' or /. That way I still only have to make one call to df.parse and an exception produces an invalid date message. Is that possible?
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