Convert date format - RESOLVED!!

[rockies1]

I have a date that looks like this:

19721101

and I need it to be like this:

01-Nov-1972

How can I convert that?

[Dillinger4]

 import java.util.Date;
 import java.text.DateFormat; 

  public class Z{
   public static void main(String[] args){

    Date d = new Date(19721101);  
    DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);

    System.out.println(df.format(d)); 

   }
  }

[rockies1]

Before I had a chance to try this one, someone gave me this one:

	public static String oracleDatePrep(java.util.Date dateIn) 
	{
		SimpleDateFormat oracleDateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
		String returnVal = null;
		if (dateIn != null) 
		{
			returnVal =  oracleDateFormatter.format(dateIn);
		}
		return returnVal;
	}//End oraclePrep
	
	public static java.util.Date parseToDate(String dateString) 
	{
		if (dateString == null) 
		{
			return null;
		}
		java.util.Date returnDate = null;
		DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
		formatter.setLenient(false);
		if (dateString.length() != 0) 
		{
			try 
			{
				returnDate = formatter.parse(dateString);
			}
			catch (ParseException pe) 
			{
				
			}
		}
		return returnDate;
	}//End parseToDate

that I call like

oracleDatePrep(parseToDate("20030701"))

Thanks for your suggestions and help in the other threads!