Using Groovy to set a Date using java.util.Calendar.Date

Here is one way to set the java.util.Calendar.Date in Groovy...

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import static java.util.Calendar.* 
String year  = "2009";
String month = "6"; 
String day   = "1";


def aGCdate = new GregorianCalendar(Integer.parseInt(year),
     Integer.parseInt(month) - 1,
     Integer.parseInt(day))


 println aGCdate.getTime()
def mil = new Date(aGCdate.getTimeInMillis())
println mil


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Test it with the Groovy Console here...