How to date type conversion between xml and Java

Hi All,
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I need some advice on how to store the followingB dateB value from
a xhtml 
document using JPA:
cB B B  <strong>Time:</strong> 
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<time>13/08/2010 00:10:19 am</time> 
B  </p>
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There is no problem retrieving
this value using XPath query. However, the value 
returned is of type string
yet JPA (futureStock.setCollectionTime()) expects 
type java.util.Date such
asB the following code snippet:
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B B B  org.jdom.Element collection_time =
((org.jdom.Element)time_element).getChild("time");
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futureStock.setCollectionTime(collection_time.getTextNormalize());
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I would
like to be in a position to retrieve both date and time separately at a 
later
stage.
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Any idea on how to overcome this issue? 
Thanks a lot,
Jack-<p> c
P.S. Apologies for asking Java type of question in an xslt forum but thought I
try anyway since I am developing Java EE 5 development which consists of both
technologies.