r - How to coerce a string-like date to Date object -

let have object this:

> dput(maturitydate) "3/6/2018"

that text string represents date in m/d/yyyy format.

the following command returns:

> as.date(maturitydate) [1] "0003-06-20"

which not output wish.

any idea how may coerce date object in usual format dealt xts?

as.date("3/6/2018",format="%m/%d/%y")

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