Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) Fiorano Software Pte. Ltd. and affiliates. All rights reserved. http://www.fiorano.com * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the * LICENSE.txt file. */ import org.w3c.dom.*; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.*; public class Main { /** * Gets the node value as date. * *@param node Description of the Parameter *@return The nodeValueAsDate value *@exception DOMException Description of the Exception *@exception ParseException Description of the Exception */ public final static Date getNodeValueAsDate(Node node) throws DOMException, ParseException { if (node == null) return null; NamedNodeMap attrs = node.getAttributes(); Node attr = attrs.getNamedItem("DateTimeFormat"); // Date format String format = attr.getNodeValue().trim(); node = node.getFirstChild(); if (node != null) { String date = node.getNodeValue().trim(); DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(format); return df.parse(date); } return null; } }