How do I represent dates without the timezone using Apache CXF?

Question

I have a WSDL that specifies an element\'s type to be xs:date.

When I use Apache CXF to generate the Java classes, it renders the variable as an javax.xml.datatype.XMLGr

Answer 1

GregorianCalendar gcal = new GregorianCalendar();
start = DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar(gcal);
start.setTimezone(DatatypeConstants.FIELD_UNDEFINED);

Don't ask me why in every bit of the sane logic - when marshalling the XMLgregorianCalendar to xs:date it retains the time zone.

I always thought - the time zone could be more applicable to xs:dateTime, but what I know ... about types.

For me, it doesn't make sense to have the time zone by default, for a xs:date type and this is a problem in the marshalling logic.