how to convert java string to Date object

I have a string

String startDate = "06/27/2007";

now i have to get Date object. My DateObject should be the same value as of startDate.

I am doing like this

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
Date startDate = df.parse(startDate);

But the output is in format

Jan 27 00:06:00 PST 2007.