Convert string to Date in java

I'm trying to parse a string to a date field in an android application but I can't seem to get it correct. Here is the string I'm trying to convert to a date "03/26/2012 11:49:00 AM". The function I'm using is:

private Date ConvertToDate(String dateString){
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss aa");
    Date convertedDate = new Date();
    try {
        convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return convertedDate;
}

But I keep getting 3/1/112 11:49AM as the result.

You are wrong in the way you display the data I guess, because for me:

    String dateString = "03/26/2012 11:49:00 AM";
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss aa");
    Date convertedDate = new Date();
    try {
        convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    System.out.println(convertedDate);

Prints:

Mon Mar 26 11:49:00 EEST 2012

it went OK when i used Locale.US parametre in SimpleDateFormat

String dateString = "15 May 2013 17:38:34 +0300";
System.out.println(dateString);

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.US);
DateFormat targetFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm", Locale.getDefault());
String formattedDate = null;
Date convertedDate = new Date();
try {
     convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
System.out.println(dateString);
formattedDate = targetFormat.format(convertedDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
 System.out.println(convertedDate);