conversion of string into java.sql.Date

[vikassheelgupta]

hi,
i have a string in this format:-

String s = year+"-"+e_month+"-"+date;

and i want to covert it into

java.sql.Date sqlToday ;

so that i can save my values in the data base
i did every thing realted to that like:-

SimpleDateFormat ts= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
sqlToday = new java.sql.Date(ts.parse(s).getTime());

but couldnt get the results
so any one can help me
thanks