private Target createTarget(Account ac, String startDateStr, String endDateStr) {
   Target tgt = new Target();
   tgt.setAccount(ac);
   DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
   try {
     Date startDate = df.parse(startDateStr);
     Date endDate = df.parse(endDateStr);
     tgt.setStartDate(startDate);
     tgt.setEndDate(endDate);
     tgt.setCompletedDate(null);
     tgt.setTotalTargetCost(new BigDecimal("4500"));
   } catch (ParseException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   }
   return tgt;
 }