Java Date Conversion !?!@@#@:(

Is anyone else perturbed about Java dates! 2 weeks of programming based on what was thought to be the "expected" date format of "yyyy-mm-dd" and it turns out to be "dd-mmm-yyyy" and nothing works. Ok, but my program should be able to handle all the various types of common date formats that could be sent in. So I figure, sure, others must have run into this, let's find a library on the net. After nearly an hour of searching, no luck. I guess I'll just build my own...