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Hi 
This question probably was asked before but I missed it
I am using Jbuilder 1 with patch
I do not know if it's relevant though.

I have a string like "01011996"
I need to convert it to Date.
In SimpleDateFormat documentation there is a code example :

String str = new String();
str = "01011960";
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy");
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
Date dt = formatter.parse(str,pos);

It produces NullPointerException !!!
What am I doing wrong.
Is there other wat from "01011960" to Date in JDK 1.1

Thanks a lot,
 Gregory