title: Convert a date of String type to java.util.Date type without using SimpleDateFormat or Calendar
body: <p>I'm fetching a date which is of String type but I need the Date type of it. I'm working in a gwt project so I cannot use SimpleDateFormat or Calendar (which doesn't work in the runtime and throws source code not found exception)</p>
  
  <p>new Date(stringDate) is deprecated so any other way I could do it?</p>