}
        if (obj instanceof Number) {
            return new Date(((Number) obj).longValue());
        }
        if (obj instanceof String) {
            final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
            try {
                return sdf.parse(obj.toString());
            } catch (final ParseException e) {

     * @return The parsed date, or null if parsing fails
     */
    protected Date parseLastModifiedDate(final String value) {
        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.ENGLISH);
        try {
            return sdf.parse(value);
        } catch (final ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**