Implementing Gregorian Calendar Into Project - Date Formatting?

I'm a Java beginner and I'm having issues implementing Java's GregorianCalendar into my project. I'm writing to specific test code that passes arguments into an instantiated GregCal class. My problem is that I'm not sure how to pass the arguments through to my constructors and methods, or if I'm even supposed to do that at all. Date formatting is another issue, but I'll be glad If I can just get the dates in and back out. Here is some of the code:

Test code:
// Create a Student using the default constructor
Student newStudent = new Student();
GregorianCalendar dateOfBirth = new GregorianCalendar(75,7, 3);
newStudent.setDateOfBirth(dateOfBirth);
GregorianCalendar dateOfGraduation = new GregorianCalendar(90, 6, 10);
newStudent.setDateOfGraduation(dateOfGraduation);

Setter:
public void setDateOfBirth (GregorianCalendar dateOfBirth){
this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
}

I know that's not much to work with, but that's exactly my issue. I can't seem to find a reliable and UNDERSTANDABLE tutorial for java.util.GregorianCalendar anywhere. All of the existing documentation is beyond my grasp at this point. I'm assuming I need to declare and initialize MONTH, DAY, YEAR variables somewhere in order for the arguments to be passed through correctly. I'm just not sure where or how.