java - Incorrect output after converting to SqlDate -

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import java.text.parseexception; import java.text.simpledateformat; import java.util.date;   public class test {      /**      * @param args      */     public static void main(string[] args) {         simpledateformat formatter = new simpledateformat("yyyy-mm-dd");         string dateinstring = "2016-04-23";          try {              date date = formatter.parse(dateinstring);             java.sql.date sqldate = new java.sql.date(date.gettime());             system.out.println("date: -- "+date);             system.out.println("formatterdate : -- "+formatter.format(date));             system.out.println("sqldate : -- "+sqldate);         } catch (parseexception e) {             e.printstacktrace();         }      }  } 

output :

date: -- sat jan 23 00:04:00 cst 2016 formatterdate : -- 2016-04-23 sqldate : -- 2016-01-23 

my out put should 2016-04-23 not 2016-01-23

as per javadocs

m   minute in hour 

you want

m   month in year