final Date date = toDate("10/9/7");
        assertThat(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").format(date), is("2010/09/07"));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_MediumStyle() throws Exception {
        final Date date = toDate("2010/9/7");
        assertThat(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").format(date), is("2010/09/07"));
    }

    /**

            final Date date = toDate(str, format);
            if (date != null) {
                return date;
            }
        }
        final Date date = toDate(str, locale);
        if (date != null) {
            return date;
        }
        final java.sql.Date sqlDate = toSqlDateJdbcEscape(str);
        if (sqlDate != null) {

        Metadata source = createMetadataFromArtifact(artifact);
        Date date = new Date();
        addSnapshotVersion(target.getVersioning(), date, artifact);
        SnapshotVersion sv1 = addSnapshotVersion(source.getVersioning(), date, artifact);
        // although nothing has changed merge returns true, as the last modified date is equal
        // TODO: improve merge here?
        assertTrue(target.merge(source));

		},
		{ // Expiration with invalid date
			inputXML: ` <Expiration>
                                    <Date>invalid date</Date>
                                    </Expiration>`,
			expectedErr: errLifecycleInvalidDate,
		},
		{ // Expiration with both number of days nor a date
			inputXML: `<Expiration>
		                    <Date>2019-04-20T00:01:00Z</Date>
		                    </Expiration>`,

        final Date date = toDate("11:49");
        assertThat(new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss").format(date), is("11:49:00"));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_MediumStyle() throws Exception {
        final Date date = toDate("11:49:10");
        assertThat(new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss").format(date), is("11:49:10"));
    }

    /**

    public void testToDate_ShortStyle() throws Exception {
        final Date date = toDate("10/9/7 11:49", Locale.JAPAN);
        assertThat(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss").format(date), is("2010/09/07 11:49:00"));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToDate_MediumStyle() throws Exception {
        final Date date = toDate("2010/9/7 11:49:10", Locale.JAPAN);

        }).orElse(value);
    }

    public static Date date(final Long value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return new Date(value);
    }

    public static Date parseDate(final String value) {
        return parseDate(value, Constants.DATE_OPTIONAL_TIME);
    }

    public static Date parseDate(final String value, final String format) {

		return nil
	}
	return e.EncodeElement(int(eDays), startElement)
}

// ExpirationDate is a embedded type containing time.Time to unmarshal
// Date in Expiration
type ExpirationDate struct {
	time.Time
}

// UnmarshalXML parses date from Expiration and validates date format
func (eDate *ExpirationDate) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, startElement xml.StartElement) error {
	var dateStr string

     * @deprecated Use {@link #MavenBuildTimestamp(Date, Map)} or extract the format and pass it
     *             to {@link #MavenBuildTimestamp(Date, String)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public MavenBuildTimestamp(Date time, Properties properties) {
        this(time, properties != null ? properties.getProperty(BUILD_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_PROPERTY) : null);
    }

    public MavenBuildTimestamp(Date time, String timestampFormat) {

    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testToCalendar() throws Exception {
        final Date date = new Date();
        final Calendar cal = CalendarConversionUtil.toCalendar(date);
        assertEquals(date, cal.getTime());
    }

    /**
     *
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testLocalize() throws Exception {