title: Clojure - parse string to date
body: <p>I'm trying to parse a unformatted string which contains a date (e.g. today = "08082013") to the format "08.08.2013".</p>
  
  <p>This works:
  <code>(.parse (java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "ddMMyyyy") today)</code>  => <code>&lt;Date Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 1950&gt;</code></p>
  
  <p>But when I do <code>(.parse (java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "dd.MM.yyyy") today)</code> I get the error <code>"Unparseable date: "08082013"</code></p>
  
  <p>Why? How can I get my desired date format?</p>