Jasper Soft Character to Date conversion in Expression Editor

click [..] to go to Expression Editor.

new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd").parse($P{P_ATTDT})

$P{P_ATTDT}    ------------ > This is the Parameter or field.

Note : Month should be in MM format not in mm Format. 

e.g.  new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd").parse($P{P_ATTDT})

enjoy !!!