nvl(to_char(DS,'dd.mm.yyyy'),' ') DS 

    DateFormat formatter = 
        DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat. LONG ,
                                       DateFormat. LONG ,
                                       currentLocale);

 public   class  TestDateFormat {
   public   static   void  main(String[] args)  throws  ParseException {
  
      DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat. DEFAULT );
      Date date_p = dateFormat.parse("08.06.2006");
      System.out.println(date_p);

  }
}

 DateFormat formatter =
        DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat. LONG ,
                                       DateFormat. LONG ,
                                       Locale.UK);
      Date dd = formatter.parse(sd);
      System.out.println("dd = " + dd);

                Object entry = resultSet.getString(i);
                System.out.println("entry = " + entry);
                // entry = 24.02.2004
                DateFormat sdf =  new  SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy",Locale.UK);
                 try  {
                          entry = sdf.parse(resultSet.getString(i));
                          System.out.println("entryUK = " + entry);
                          // entry = Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 EET 2004
                }  catch  (ParseException e) {
                          e.printStackTrace();
               }

  
           ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("select sysdate from dual");

           MainDate  md =  new  MainDate();
            while (rs.next())  
           {
                 md = (MainDate)rs.getDate( 1 );
           }