Specify the date format in XMLGregorianCalendar
I want to use a Date in XMLGregorianCalendar format for sending to a web service. The web service expects information in yyyy-dd-mm format. I use the below code to create an XMLGregorianCalendar and send it to web service. Date dob = null; DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); try { XMLGregorianCalendar date2; dob = df.parse("13/06/1983"); GregorianCalendar c = new GregorianCalendar(); c.setTimeInMillis(dob.getTime()); date2 = DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar(c); System.out.println(date2); } catch(DatatypeConfigurationException e) { // TODO Auto-generated