public static Date createDate(Integer iYear, Integer iMonth, Integer iDay) throws Exception { if ((!(iYear instanceof Integer)) || (!(iMonth instanceof Integer)) || (!(iDay instanceof Integer)) ) { throw new Exception(); } Date date = null; String year, month, day; year = iYear.toString(); month = iMonth.toString(); day = iDay.toString(); try { date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").parse(year + "/" + month + "/" + day); } catch (ParseException e) { log.warn("Date transformation failed for year, month, day: " + iYear + ", " + iMonth + ", " + iDay); } return date; }