Newbie: Properly using Calendar object types as instance variables

1) Why does the following code produce these results;

Desc=One,startDate 08-08-31
Desc=Two,startDate 08-08-31

Instead of

Desc=One,startDate 01-01-01
Desc=Two,startDate 08-08-31

2) Should I be using the Date object even though most of the methods
appear to be deprecated?

Thanks in advance,

Kurt

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;

class DateIssue
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        ArrayList<GenericNode> myList = new ArrayList<GenericNode>();

        Calendar cStartDate = Calendar.getInstance();
        cStartDate.set(2001, 0, 1);
        myList.add(new GenericNode(cStartDate,"One"));

        cStartDate.set(2008, 7, 31);
        myList.add(new GenericNode(cStartDate,"Two"));

        for (GenericNode gn : myList)
        {
            System.out.println(String.format("Desc=%1$s,startDate=
%2$tF",
                    gn.getDesc(),gn.getStartDate()));
        }
    }
}

class GenericNode
{
    Calendar StartDate; // = Calendar.getInstance();
    String Desc;

    GenericNode(Calendar cStartDate, String sDesc)
    {
        this.StartDate = cStartDate;
        this.Desc = sDesc;
    }

    Calendar getStartDate()
    {
        return StartDate;
    }

    String getDesc()
    {
        return Desc;
    }
}