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