Make the java.sql.Date object have the format dd / MM / yyyy [duplicate]

I have a field that is of type String , where a data is entered in the format dd/MM/yyyy , I'm converting to java.sql.Date , the result is: 2018-01-01.

What I needed was to get the date in the format: dd/MM/yyyy , which would be: 01/01/2018, but needs to be in data format, not String , is it possible?

The method I use is this (I've actually simplified it to make it easier for those who can help by running the code):

  public class NewClass {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        String dataInicialString = "01/01/2018";
        String dataFinalString = "14/05/2018";
        DateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
        java.sql.Date dataInicial = null;
        java.sql.Date dataFinal = null;

        dataInicial = new java.sql.Date(fmt.parse(dataInicialString).getTime());

        dataFinal = new java.sql.Date(fmt.parse(dataFinalString).getTime());

        System.out.println("DATAINICIAL:" + dataInicial);
        System.out.println("DATAFINAL:" + dataFinal);

    }
}