I have my date coming in through the page parameters: 

```
custDelDate = ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('delDate'); 

```

I converted this to date since one of my column in the table requires a date datatype. I did this by the below step:

```
custDeliveryDate = Date.parse(custDelDate);

```

Now, in my table it looks as below: 

> 
> Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 GMT 2014. 
> 
> 
> 

I can format the date to mm/dd/yyyy and this returns me a strting, but I need a date datatype(with format dd/mm/yyyy) to suffice the below need of my inputText in the VisualForce page:

```
<apex:column headerValue="RRD Approved Start">
<apex:inputText id="rrdApprovedStart"     value="{!d.rrdApprovedStart}"  
onfocus="DatePicker.pickDate(true, '{!$Component.rrdApprovedStart}',    false);"/>  
<c:DatePickerComponent dateFieldId="{!$Component.rrdApprovedStart}" /> –

```

Please help me with this. I am so badly stuck with this issue.

Thanks,
Priyanka