I have a date being passed to a sub as a java string in the following
format:
2008-07-11 15:30:00.0
Does anybody know a simple method to turn this into a java.util.Date

I'm working on a project right now that has me deep in the middle
of .jsp source that makes sql queries, and relies on beans for some of
the processing.
I'm very new to Java; I can't pick up a book until later this weekend

Using Netbeans 6.1
So, I have a desktop application with one JPanel.
I  drop a jLabel on the panel and set its properties and I see it there on
the screen

package chessbuard;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;