convert string date to a date object
<p>How can this 11/03/2009-20:06:16 to a Date object so I can compare two dates. I keep getting  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot format given Object as a Date error if I use below implementation.. I need the output to be date object with format Tue Jul 14 01:32:31 2009</p>

<pre><code>  import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Dateaf {

    /**
     * @param args
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        String text = "11/03/2009-20:06:16";

        SimpleDateFormat dateParser = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy-hh:mm:ss");

        Date date = dateParser.parse(text);
        System.out.println(date);

    }

}
</code></pre>
