Hi,
After getting the date from database, do operations on the date data. Like given below-->
String dt=rs.getDate("Fieldname").toString();
//System.out.println("Date "+dt);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "MM/dd/yyyy" );
//here date format should be converted to your required format.
sdt = sdf.format(dt);
//System.out.println("Formatted Date "+sdt);
& then take the String for display purpose.
Hope this helps.