J Js,
I'm not sure what you mean. You want a way to store dates? A way to enter dates? A way to create functions (methods) that act on dates? Are you looking for a method that can take a
String entered (perhaps by a user on the keyboard) and convert it to a Date object?
Java has a Date class (java.util.Date) that is used to create Date objects. These objects represent specific points in time (ie, date and time). You can create a Date object using one of the class constructors and then you can use the Calendar class to work with the dates. The Calendar class and the GregorianCalendar classes are useful. In fact, the javadocs for GregorianCalendar has an informative code snippet which shows how you can work with dates.
You should look at the javadocs for GregorianCalendar for more info.
Tony