if (props != null) {
            String rawVal = props.getProperty(key);
            if (rawVal != null) {
                try {
                    return new Date(Long.parseLong(rawVal));
                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    getLogger().debug("Cannot parse lastUpdated date: '" + rawVal + "'. Ignoring.", e);
                }
            }
        }

  }

  /**
   * Parses the specified string as a signed decimal long value. The ASCII character {@code '-'} (
   * <code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) is recognized as the minus sign.
   *
   * <p>Unlike {@link Long#parseLong(String)}, this method returns {@code null} instead of throwing
   * an exception if parsing fails. Additionally, this method only accepts ASCII digits, and returns
   * {@code null} if non-ASCII digits are present in the string.

                effectiveDateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS";
            }
            if ("long".equals(effectiveDateFormat)) {
                try {
                    return new java.util.Date(Long.parseLong(s));
                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    throw new XmlPullParserException(e.getMessage(), parser, e);
                }
            } else {
                try {