Correct date format to pass a date from a BSSV to a BSFN?

Trying to determine how to correctly format a date and pass it into a BSFN from a BSSV.

the JDEDate field in the BSSV log shows it has a length of 6, like the standard JDE Julian format, so I am unsure what I need to pass in.  Julian?  MM/DD/YYYY, Java Date()?

Date dateToday = new Date();

f3111EditLineVO.setJdTransactionDate(dateToday);

This translates into this in the BSSV log, the length for both values is obviously not 6.  The Methodology Guide says to use java.util.Date but does not speak much more about it.

IN jdTransactionDate (DATE, length:6) [Tue Jun 02 09:21:37 MDT 2015]