Converting String Object to Date Object in OAF and also how to pass the date object to preparedStatement

/**** String to Sql Date Conversion and passing this sql date object to prepared Statement in oaf ****/
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

      OAMessageStyledTextBean lastUpdateDate = (OAMessageStyledTextBean)webBean.findIndexedChildRecursive("LastUpdate");
      java.util.Date utilDate = (Date)lastUpdateDate.getValue(pageContext);
      System.out.println("Last Update Date is..1--->"+utilDate);
      java.sql.Date sqlDate = null;
      try
      {
      DateFormat formatter ;
    
      formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
      String formatDate = formatter.format(utilDate);
      System.out.println("formatDate--->"+formatDate);
      sqlDate = java.sql.Date.valueOf(new String(formatDate));
      System.out.println("sql Date---->"+sqlDate);
    
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
        System.out.println("Exception :"+e);
      }
      try
      {
      String Query = "UPDATE XXBT_AMS_TC_DETAILS SET REASON = ? , DATE_CREATED = ? WHERE TICKET_NUMBER = ? ";   
      PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(Query);
      stmt.setString(1,recentUpdate);
     // stmt.setDate(2,oadbtransactionimpl.getCurrentDBDate().dateValue());which takes the current db date
      stmt.setDate(2,sqlDate); // which takes the user input date
      System.out.println("Date Created---"+oadbtransactionimpl.getCurrentDBDate().dateValue());
      stmt.setString(3,incidentNumber2);
      stmt.executeUpdate();
      conn.commit();