title: JodaTime DateTimeFormatter
body: <p>I have this sql query and Java code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    select to_char(start_date, 'DD/MM/YYYY') AS start_date FROM table
  
      LogServiceFactory.getInstance().logError("-------From the Db " + rs.getString("start_date"));
  
      LogServiceFactory.getInstance().logError("-------Formatter " + DateTime.parse(rs.getString("start_date"), formatter));
  
      DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/YYYY");
  
      object.setStart_date(DateTime.parse(rs.getString("start_date"), formatter));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's what's in my log file:</p>
  
  <p>2012-08-16 17:48:26 - -------From the Db 08/08/2012</p>
  
  <p>2012-08-16 17:48:26 - -------Formatter 2012-08-08T00:00:00.000-04:00</p>
  
  <p>Why is it that the formatter is converting 08/08/2012 to 2012-08-08T00:00:00.000-04:00</p>
  
  <p>My assumption was that the date would come back as 08/08/2012.</p>
  
  <p>Am I not using the formatter correctly?</p>