Q:

read dates line by line from text file and store them in a dictionary java

I have a text file of ID numbers and dates in this format:
ID  Date
1   14/03/2011
2   06/03/2013
3   25/02/2013
4   28/01/2013
5   13/07/2011
6   13/03/2011
7   01/10/2012
8   09/10/2012

I need to read this txt file and store each date in a dictionary like a hashmap or something in the  format. Also, it would be preferable if the dates are in the DATE data type and not String.
I tried to do it myself but I am a beginner in JAVA and I couldn't get it done. 
Thanks in advance for any help
This is what I've tried till now. I haven't used a dictionary, I tried to put the dates in an ArrayList and for some reason, it reads only every alternate line from the file so half the dates are missing.
static Date[] list = new Date[59400];

public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
        File file = new File("dates.txt");
        FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(file);
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);

        String readLine = "";

        int i =0;
        while ((readLine = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
            String s = bufferedReader.readLine();
            Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(s);
            System.out.println(s+","+i);
            i++;
        }
        fileReader.close();

    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

A:

You can try the following function.    
public static void parseFile() throws IOException, ParseException {
    BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File("inputFileName.txt")));
    Map<Integer, Date> integerDateMap = new HashMap<>(); // Map to put data
    SimpleDateFormat sdfmt2= new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); // date format
    String line = null;
    line = bufferedReader.readLine(); // neglect first line
    while((line = bufferedReader.readLine())!= null){
         String[] split = line.split("   ");
         integerDateMap.put(Integer.parseInt(split[0]),sdfmt2.parse(split[1]));
    }
    System.out.println(integerDateMap); // print to check
}

