Java Date Format

public static String parseDate(String inDate, String fmFormat, String toFormat){
        SimpleDateFormat fmFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(fmFormat);
        SimpleDateFormat toFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(toFormat);
        if ( inDate == null ) return "";  // To avoid java.lang.NullPointerException
        if ( inDate.length() == 0 ) return ""; // Taking care of empty string.
        Date fromDate = null;
        try {
         fromDate = (Date) fmFormatter.parse(inDate);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return  toFormatter.format(fromDate);
}