Unfortunately Java Dates

Question

I am new to Java, I took one class last semester using Eclipse. I have a program that is driven off an access data base. In the data base the dates are a date/time type formatted mm/dd/yy. We did not work with dates as a rule but I used them so would get the experience. How do I change the format in my GUIs so the date is not yyyyMMdd, but the same as the data base.

Answer 1

Still here and still somewhat confused. I have the sdf so I can format the dates the way I want but have no idea what t do with them now. One is a birthdate that belongs to the Problem Domain Class Players. The other I want to be a serial date set to 08/01/current year. This is what I have so far:
package Main;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;
* @author barker44
public class DateTest {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Calendar aCalendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());
          java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
          String strThisSeason = sdf.format(aCalendar.getTime());
          Date datThisSeason = null;
          // This is a format for jtxtCurrentSeason in the clsPlayersGUI
          // It is separate from the the player class and is only used in the GUI
          // It will be a serial date automatically set to Aug 1 of the current season
          // If I can figure out how to set it in the GUI
          String strCurrentSeason = "08012006";
          SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy");
          SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
          Date datCurrentSeason = null;
          // This is a format for jtxtDOB in the clsPlayersGUI
          // Have to figure out where it should be implemented
          // In the PDC or in the GUI
          String strDateOfBirth = "12011995";
          SimpleDateFormat sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy");
          SimpleDateFormat sdf4 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
          Date datDOB = null;
          try {
               datThisSeason = sdf.parse(strThisSeason);
               datCurrentSeason = sdf1.parse(strCurrentSeason);
               datDOB = sdf3.parse(strDateOfBirth);
          } catch (ParseException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          System.out.println("This Season = " + sdf.format(datThisSeason));
          System.out.println("Current Season = " + sdf2.format(datCurrentSeason));
          System.out.println("Date of Birth = " + sdf4.format(datDOB));
     }The first is not what I want because it sets the current month, day, year. But the others are formatted like I want I just don't know what to do with them. In my GUI I created a setCurrentDate method to set the text box to the current date but it doesn't work. Like I said I have this in VBA but can't figure out what to do with it here.
This is what happns when a 48 year old ex-carpenter goes back to school to learn coding. In case you are wondering I am a student at Morrisville State College in central NY and I am working on my bachelors in Application Software, the semester is over and I am just trying to improve on what I learned this past semester.
So any additional help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.