{
        java.util.TimeZone timezone = java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone( "UTC" );
        java.text.DateFormat fmt = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat( "yyyyMMddHHmmss" );
        fmt.setTimeZone( timezone );
        setLastUpdated( fmt.format( date ) );
    }
          ]]></code>
        </codeSegment>
      </codeSegments>
    </class>
    <class java.clone="deep">
      <name>Snapshot</name>

            return Long.toString(date.getTime());
        } else if (format.contains("date_optional_time")) {
            final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
            return sdf.format(date);
        } else {
            return Long.toString(date.getTime());
        }
    }

            return Long.toString(date.getTime());
        } else if (format.contains("date_optional_time")) {
            final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
            return sdf.format(date);
        } else {
            return Long.toString(date.getTime());
        }
    }

            return Long.toString(date.getTime());
        } else if (format.contains("date_optional_time")) {
            final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
            return sdf.format(date);
        } else {
            return Long.toString(date.getTime());
        }
    }

            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) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {