i think you have to parse date manually and after that you can create date object.
Code:
// for date 31/3/10
monthnum = 3;
daynum = 31;
year = 10;
Calendar getCal = Calendar.getInstance();
getCal.set (Calendar.MONTH,monthnum );
getCal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,daynum);
getCal.set(Calendar.YEAR,yearnum);
Date date = getCal.getTime();