如何以不同的格式将Date值传递给java API调用？

I have a date column in my table, which will display a date as '17-MAR-15' format. Now I need to pass the date as 'DD-MM-YYYY(17-03-2015)' format to the Java API call. How can I pass this date parameter in that format? I have a date column in my table, which will di