Java String and Date convert

//String to date
String date = "15/04/2015";
SimpleDateFormat sf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
try {
	Date myDate = sf.parse(date);
	} catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
}
		
//Date to String
String dateToString = ""; 
Date myDate = new Date();
dateToString=(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")).format(myDate); 
System.out.println(dateToString);

G   Era designator  Text    AD
y   Year    Year    1996; 96
Y   Week year   Year    2009; 09
M   Month in year   Month   July; Jul; 07
w   Week in year    Number  27
W   Week in month   Number  2
D   Day in year Number  189
d   Day in month    Number  10
F   Day of week in month    Number  2
E   Day name in week    Text    Tuesday; Tue
u   Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday)    Number  1
a   Am/pm marker    Text    PM
H   Hour in day (0-23)  Number  0
k   Hour in day (1-24)  Number  24
K   Hour in am/pm (0-11)    Number  0
h   Hour in am/pm (1-12)    Number  12
m   Minute in hour  Number  30
s   Second in minute    Number  55
S   Millisecond Number  978
z   Time zone   General time zone   Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
Z   Time zone   RFC 822 time zone   -0800
X   Time zone   ISO 8601 time zone  -08; -0800; -08:00

Examples

"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z"  2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
"EEE, MMM d, ''yy"  Wed, Jul 4, '01
"h:mm a"    12:08 PM
"hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz" 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
"K:mm a, z" 0:08 PM, PDT
"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"  02001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"    Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
"yyMMddHHmmssZ" 010704120856-0700
"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"    2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700
"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX"  2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-07:00
"YYYY-'W'ww-u"  2001-W27-3

Symbol	Meaning	Type	Example
G	Era	Text	“GG” -> “AD”
y	Year	Number	“yy” -> “03″ “yyyy” -> “2003″
M	Month	Text or Number	“M” -> “7″ “M” -> “12″ “MM” -> “07″ “MMM” -> “Jul” “MMMM” -> “December”
d	Day in month	Number	“d” -> “3″ “dd” -> “03″
h	Hour (1-12, AM/PM)	Number	“h” -> “3″ “hh” -> “03″
H	Hour (0-23)	Number	“H” -> “15″ “HH” -> “15″
k	Hour (1-24)	Number	“k” -> “3″ “kk” -> “03″
K	Hour (0-11 AM/PM)	Number	“K” -> “15″ “KK” -> “15″
m	Minute	Number	“m” -> “7″ “m” -> “15″ “mm” -> “15″
s	Second	Number	“s” -> “15″ “ss” -> “15″
S	Millisecond (0-999)	Number	“SSS” -> “007″
E	Day in week	Text	“EEE” -> “Tue” “EEEE” -> “Tuesday”
D	Day in year (1-365 or 1-364)	Number	“D” -> “65″ “DDD” -> “065″
F	Day of week in month (1-5)	Number	“F” -> “1″
w	Week in year (1-53)	Number	“w” -> “7″
W	Week in month (1-5)	Number	“W” -> “3″
a	AM/PM	Text	“a” -> “AM” “aa” -> “AM”
z	Time zone	Text	“z” -> “EST” “zzz” -> “EST” “zzzz” -> “Eastern Standard Time”
‘	Excape for text	Delimiter	“‘hour’ h” -> “hour 9″
”	Single quote	Literal	“ss”SSS” -> “45’876″

FROM:

http://javatechniques.com/blog/dateformat-and-simpledateformat-examples/

http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-date-and-calendar-examples/