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As a new comer to JB can anybody help me convert a string to a date?

I have tried 

Date myDate = Date(<string>);
              
              --->  Error "Date(jaa.land.string) not found..."
and also 

Date myDate = DateFormat.parse(string);

              ---> Error "Variable DateFormat not found ..."


I have included the following:
   import java.io.*;
   import java.util.*;
   import java.lang.*;

Also can anybody say what string formats are acceptable?  I would like
to use d/mm/yyyy but could re-arrange these.

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

Geoff Marshall