I\'m trying to parse a string to a date field in an android application but I can\'t seem to get it correct. Here is the string I\'m trying to convert to a date \"03/26/2012
GregorianCalendar date; CharSequence dateForMart = android.text.format.DateFormat.format("yyyy-MM-dd", date); Toast.makeText(LogmeanActivity.this,dateForMart,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();