microsoft-azure-storage/src/com/microsoft/azure/storage/analytics/LogRecordStreamReader.java
public Date readDate(DateFormat format) throws IOException, ParseException {
        String temp = this.readField(false /* isQuotedString */);

        if (Utility.isNullOrEmpty(temp)) {
            return null;
        }
        else {
            return format.parse(temp);
        }
    }
public Date readDate(DateFormat format) throws IOException, ParseException {
        String temp = this.readField(false /* isQuotedString */);

        if (Utility.isNullOrEmpty(temp)) {
            return null;
        }
        else {
            return format.parse(temp);
        }
    }
public Date readDate ( DateFormat format ) throws IOException , ParseException { String temp = this . readField ( false /* isQuotedString */ ) ; if ( Utility . isNullOrEmpty ( temp ) ) { return null ; } else { return format . parse ( temp ) ; } }
Read a Date from the stream.

@param format
the format in which the date is stored, for parsing purposes.
@return
the Date read.
@throws IOException
@throws ParseException
Read a Date from the stream .