Problem with date format

Hi All,
I am trying to formate  date using the below code :
Dim sDate as String = "12/15/2008" 
Dim dAttrDate As Date = "#" & sDate & "#"
 Dim dDate As New java.util.Date(CInt(Format(dAttrDate, "yyyy")) - 1900, _
      CInt(Format(dAttrDate, "MM")) - 1, _
             CInt(Format(dAttrDate ...