public long readUTCDate() throws IOException {
  expectStartTag("date");
  if (utcCalendar == null)   utcCalendar=Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
  long value=parseDate(utcCalendar);
  expectEndTag("date");
  return value;
}

public long readUTCDate ( ) throws IOException { expectStartTag ( "date" ) ; if ( utcCalendar == null ) utcCalendar = Calendar . getInstance ( TimeZone . getTimeZone ( "UTC" ) ) ; long value = parseDate ( utcCalendar ) ; expectEndTag ( "date" ) ; return value ; }
reads a date value from the input stream .
