question: public static java . sql . Date toSqlDate ( String monthStr , String dayStr , String yearStr ) { java . util . Date newDate = toDate ( monthStr , dayStr , yearStr , "0" , "0" , "0" ) ; if ( newDate != null ) { return new java . sql . Date ( newDate . getTime ( ) ) ; } else { return null ; } }
target:  Makes a java.sql.Date from separate Strings for month, day, year